Sunday, December 4, 2011

An Interesting Day In History

A variety of interesting things have taken place on December 4:

1674- Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).

He probably didn't play "Sweet Home, Chicago".

1783-At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
After British troops evacuated New York, the tavern hosted an elaborate "turtle feast" dinner on December 4, 1783 in the building's Long Room for U.S. Gen. George Washington where he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army by saying "[w]ith a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable."
1867-Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). 

The Granger movement was a major factor in the Populist movement in the nation's rural areas in the late nineteenth century.

1909- 1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.

and the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

That makes December 4, 1909 a pretty large day in the history of Canadian sports.

1969- Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.

A black day for law enforcement.

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