whattolearntoday:

A bit of December 4th history…

1534 – Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad

1619 – 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God; considered by many the 1st Thanksgiving in the Americas

1952 – Killer fogs begin in London, England; the term ‘Smog’ is coined

1961 – Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse’s Le Bateau upside down for 47 days

1981 – Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence