SANDY KOZEL

On December 15, 1791, the new United States of America ratified the 
Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY       LEE HARVY OSWALD

(FoxNews) – The National Archives and Records Administration on Wednesday released nearly 1,500 confidential documents related to
the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy. 

The agency released the files via their website. Historians, political scholars and believers in a wide range of theories about Kennedy’s assassination immediately began poring over the documents.

Many of the documents relate to Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Many files also reference tensions between the United
States and Cuba, evaluating statements from leader Fidel Castro
that allude to the possibility of Kennedy being in danger due to escalating aggression between the two nations.

On December 14, 1909, workers placed the last of the 3.2 million
10-pound bricks that pave the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana (a town surrounded by the city of Indianapolis).
Since then, most of that brick has been buried under asphalt, but
one yard remains exposed at the start-finish line (below). Kissing
those bricks after a successful race remains a tradition among Indy
drivers.

George Washington, the American revolutionary leader and
first president of the United States, dies at his estate in Mount
Vernon, Virginia. He was only 67 years old.

The diagnosis of Washington’s illness and the immediate cause
of his death have been subjects of debate since the day he died.

George Washington (February 22, 1732^[ – December 14, 1799)