December 19, 2018 This day in history
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Started by metmike - Dec. 18, 2018, 10:30 p.m.

Pick a good or bad one.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_19


2001 – A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.


This would be associated with extremely cold air.

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By metmike - Dec. 18, 2018, 10:31 p.m.
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Carl,

I'm almost certain of what your pick will be. Ironic that it relates to a discussion from another thread.

By carlberky - Dec. 19, 2018, 6:04 a.m.
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1956 – Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges

Between 1946 and 1956, more than 160 of his patients died in suspicious circumstances. Of these, 132 left him money or items in their wills. 

Adams was found guilty in a subsequent trial of 13 offences of prescription fraud, lying on cremation forms, obstructing a police search and failing to keep a dangerous drugs register. He was removed from the Medical Register in 1957 and reinstated in 1961 after two failed applications. 

Mike, was it Bill Clinton's impeachment you had in mind ?

By metmike - Dec. 19, 2018, 7:09 a.m.
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That's the one Carl.

By carlberky - Dec. 19, 2018, 1:18 p.m.
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1777 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington's Continental Army goes into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

(selected by mikempt in another post)

By metmike - Dec. 19, 2018, 11:51 p.m.
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1998 – President Bill Clinton is impeached by the United States House of Representatives, becoming the second President of the United States to be impeached.

Impeachment of Bill Clinton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton


"The impeachment of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was initiated in December 1998 by the House of Representatives and led to a trial in the Senate on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.[1] These charges stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Clinton by Paula Jones. Clinton was subsequently acquitted of these charges by the Senate on February 12, 1999.[2] Two other impeachment articles – a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power – failed in the House."