AP Highlight in History: On Dec. 4, 1945, the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.
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1783
Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
1816
James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.
1918
President Woodrow Wilson set sail for France to attend the Versailles peace conference.
1942
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration, which had been created to provide jobs during the Depression.
1942
U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time in World War II.
1978
Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first woman mayor when she was named to replace George Moscone, who had been assassinated.
1980
The bodies of four American nuns slain in El Salvador two days earlier were unearthed. (Five national guardsmen were later convicted of murder.)
1991
Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson, the longest-held Western hostage in Lebanon, was released after nearly seven years in captivity.
AP Photo/Greg English
1992
President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions.
1993
Rock musician Frank Zappa died at age 52
1995
The first NATO troops landed in the Balkans to begin setting up a peace mission.
1997
The NBA suspended Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo. (An arbitrator later reduced the suspension and reinstated Sprewell to the Warriors, which had terminated his contract.)
2000
A Florida state judge refused to overturn Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush's certified victory in Florida, and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts.
2001
The United States froze the financial assets of organizations allegedly linked to the terrorist group Hamas.
2006
Lacking the Senate votes to keep his job, embattled U.N. Ambassador John Bolton offered his resignation to President George W. Bush, who accepted it.
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Actress Marisa Tomei turns 44 years old today.
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