| December 6, 1849 Harriet Tubman, a slave in Maryland, escaped her owners. More about Harriet Tubman ========================================= December 6, 1865 The state of Georgia provided the final vote needed for the 13th Amendment to become part of the U.S. Constitution, abolishing slavery.  slave auction “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”  first vote Two days before, Mississippi’s legislature had voted to reject ratification; Mississippi didn’t ratify the anti-slavery amendment until 1995. More on the ratification ========================================== December 6, 1978 The voters of Spain approved a new constitution in a popular referendum by nearly 8-1. It proclaimed Spain to be a parliamentary monarchy and guaranteed its citizens equality before the law and a full range of individual liberties, including religious freedom. While recognizing the autonomy of seventeen regions, it stressed the indivisibility of the Spanish state. ========================================== December 6, 1998 In Venezuela, former Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chavez, who had staged a bloody coup attempt against the government six years earlier, was elected president.  Some perspective on some of Chavez’s actions Two views on what Venezuelans saw in Chavez BBC profile of Chavez |
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