Jen and Jon Johnson

On Dec. 15, 1961, In Tel Aviv, Israel, Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler’s “final solution of the Jewish question,” is condemned to death by an Israeli war crimes tribunal.

On Dec. 14, 1790, Alexander Hamilton revealed his plan for a Bank of the US.
The goals were for the bank to ease US debt & establish credit. President Washington signed it into law Feb. 25, 1791.

On Dec. 11, 1946 the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) is established, an organization to help provide relief and support to children living in countries devastated by WWII.

On Dec. 8, 1941, the US Congress votes to declare war on Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jeanette Rankin is the only Congressperson to vote against the war. This marks the US entry into World War II.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the home base of the U.S.
Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, drawing the US into World War II.
More than 2,300 Americans were killed in the “day of infamy.”

On Dec. 6, 1865 the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified – officially ending slavery in the US. It was passed just 8 months after the conclusion of the US Civil War.

On Dec. 4, 1945 the US Senate votes 65-7 to join the United Nations following World War II. This was a big change for the US – after World War I the US refused to join the League of Nations.

On Dec. 1, 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. This would inspire the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott, organized by Martin Luther King, Jr.