Once Upon A Time – Dec. 6 – 1865 – 13th Amendment Of The United States Constitution Is Ratified, Abolishing Slavery

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1240 Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 people in the city only 2,000 survive.

1812 Czar Alexander I signs a decree allowing a Bible Society in St. Petersberg, Russia.

1829 Missionary William Carey learns that Sati (widow-burning) has been abolished in India. Although it is Sunday morning, he races to prepare the announcement before nightfall, fearing delay may cost lives.

1863 Ordination of Imad-ud-din in Calcutta as a deacon. He had converted from Islam to Christianity and will author at least twenty-four Christian books and receive the degree of Doctor of Divinity.

1865 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery.

1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty signed; Ireland receives dominion status; partition creates Northern Ireland.

1996 Elijah Abubakar Yisa, Muslim convert to Christianity, a priest of the Anglican Church, opens his church as a haven for displaced people during rioting in Nigeria. Acting in his capacity as a pastor, he also will speak with authorities, defusing the crisis.

1998 Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela.

2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.

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