


The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans die (1862)
The Communist Party of India is founded (1925)
The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the radical chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach (1966)
The Supreme Soviet meets and formally dissolves the USSR (1991)
While on vacation, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 25th round of golf as POTUS at Ko'olau Golf Club, in Kaneohe, Hawaii (2009)
While on vacation, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 56th round of golf as POTUS at Klipper Golf Course, in Marine Corps Base, Hawaii (2010)
While on vacation, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 90th round of golf as POTUS at Klipper Golf Course, in Marine Corps Base, Hawaii (2011)
While on vacation, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 111th round of golf as POTUS at Klipper Golf Course, in Marine Corps Base, Hawaii (2012)
While on vacation, President B. Hussein Obama plays his 155th round of golf as POTUS at Ko'olau Golf Club, in Kaneohe, Hawaii (2013)
b: Mao Zedong (1893), Albert Gore Sr. (1907), Lynn Martin (1939), Gray Davis (1942); d: Dietrich Eckart (1923)

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