1. 1799: The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at Mount Vernon, Virginia.
2. 1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.
3. 1946: The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.
4. 1962: The Mariner 2 spacecraft, launched by NASA, became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus and send back data.
5. 1972: Apollo 17, the final manned mission to the Moon, returned to Earth.
6. 1981: Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in the Six-Day War of 1967.
7. 1988: The Soviet Union began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, marking the beginning of the end of its involvement in a decade-long conflict.
8. 2012: A mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, USA, where 20 children and six adult staff members were killed.
9. 2015: The Paris Agreement, a global climate accord, was adopted by 196 countries during the COP21 summit.
10. 2017: The Walt Disney Company announced its acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox's assets in a deal worth over $52 billion.
These events represent a mix of political, scientific, and cultural significance across different periods in history.
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