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Today in history

1524: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama — who had discovered a sea route around Africa to India — died in Cochin, India.

1814: The War of 1812 officially ended as the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.

1851: Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.

1943: President Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces.

1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve television broadcast.

2002: Laci Peterson was reported missing from her Modesto, Calif., home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son.

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