Today in History 12/20/16

Today in History
(1860) South Carolina is first state to secede from the Union
The first state rights flag unfurled by secessionists at Columbia, South Carolina in 1860. South Carolina was the first state to pass an ordinance of secession, ultimately leading to the U.S. Civil War.
In a unanimous vote, the South Carolina legislature enacts an ordinance of secession after Abraham Lincoln is elected president, declaring that in Lincoln they detect a perceived “hostility…to the institution of slavery.” Within months, other slave-holding states will also secede, forming the Confederacy and precipitating the Civil War.

Secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the American Civil War, comprises the series of events that began on December 20, 1860, and extended through June 8 of the next year when eleven states in the Lower and Upper South severed their ties with the Union. The first seven seceding states of the Lower South set up a provisional government at Montgomery, Alabama. After hostilities began at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861, the border states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. The Union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. Twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the United States, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the Confederate States of America.

Secession – American Civil War

— Source: www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession
(1957) Rock ‘n’ roll star Elvis Presley receives draft notice
U.S. Army G.I. Elvis Presley carries his duffel bag during service in the army in 1958 at an unknown location. (AP Photo)
The 22-year-old refuses special treatment, despite thousands of fans writing letters asking for this national treasure to be spared. Presley will serve two years and reach the rank of sergeant. An Army pal will introduce him to 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, whom he will later marry.

Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as “the King of Rock and Roll”, or simply, “the King”.

Lived: Jan 08, 1935 – Aug 16, 1977 (age 42)
Height: 6′ 0″ (1.82 m)
Spouse: Priscilla Presley (m. 1967 – 1973)
Partner: Linda Thompson (1972 – 1976)
Children: Lisa Marie Presley (Daughter)
Buried: Graceland

— Source: wiki/Elvis_Presley
— IMDB: www.imdb.com/name/nm0000062/bio
(1987) Overcrowded ferry and oil tanker collide near Manila
Relatives place a warning streamer on the coffins of victims in the century's worst sea tragedy prior to loading them aboard a Philippine Navy ship Jan. 3, 1988 in Manila, for their last trip home in Leyte province in central Philippines. Authorities recovered only about 108 bodies out of more than 1,500 people aboard a passenger ship which collided with an oil tanker and both sank off Mindoro waters, 100 miles south of Manila. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
A ferry carrying approximately 4,000 people home for the Christmas holiday collides with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait at about 10 PM. After a huge explosion, both ships sink quickly. Only 24 people will survive. The accident ranks as history’s deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime.

The MV Doña Paz was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector on December 20, 1987. With an estimated death toll of 4,386 people and only 24 survivors, it was the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history. Doña Paz was traveling from Leyte island to the Philippine capital of Manila. The vessel was seriously overcrowded, with at least 2000 passengers not listed on the manifest. In addition, it was claimed that the ship carried no radio and that the life-jackets were locked away. But official blame was directed at the MT Vector, which was found to be unseaworthy, and operating without a license, lookout or qualified master.

— Source: wiki/MV_Doña_Paz
(1989) United States invades Panama to topple military dictator
U.S.Troops in Panama - U.S.troops position themselves by a heavy gun and fire it from behind sand bags by an access road to Panamanian Defense Forces Headquarters in Panama City on Wednesday, december 20, 1989, after an early morning invasion. President Bush ordered the military strike in Panama to seize General Manuel Antonio Noriega. (AP Photo)
The US launches Operation Just Cause to remove Gen. Manuel Noriega from power after he had been indicted on drug trafficking charges. Noriega’s regime will fall in just days, and Noriega himself will be arrested and later sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.

The United States Invasion of Panama, code named Operation Just Cause, was an invasion of Panama by the United States between mid-December 1989 and late January 1990. It occurred during the administration of President George H. W. Bush and ten years after the Torrijos–Carter Treaties were ratified to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. to Panama by 1 January 2000.

Start date: Dec 20, 1989
End date: Jan 31, 1990

— Source: wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama
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