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December 19
1777. The Continental Army and George Washington go into winter quarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
1828. John C. Calhoun pens a pamphlet triggering the Nullification Crisis of 1828, which primarily relates to a tariff.
1916. The Battle of Verdun ends, with the French having successfully thwarted a German offensive, though hundreds of thousands of casualties occur on both sides.
1924. The last Rolls Royce Silver Ghost is sold.
1993. The House of Representatives forwards articles of impeachment against President Clinton to the Senate.
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