12/6

Today is the Sixth of December. On this day in 1239, Batu Khan’s Mongols swept into Kiev and burned it.
In 1865, the 13th Amendment was ratified, outlawing slavery in the U.S.
In 1933, Henryk Górecki was born.
In 1964, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” first aired on TV.
In 1973, House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was sworn in as Vice-President, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew.

Too much happening to write about, at home.