When was paine american crisis published

After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be The Apollo lunar-landing program ends on December 19, , when the last three astronauts to travel to the moon splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 17 had lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, 10 days before.

In July , after three years of preparation, the Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox. With the onset of the bitter winter cold, the Continental Army under General George Washington, still in the field, enters its winter camp at Valley Forge, 22 miles from British-occupied Philadelphia. Washington chose a site on the west bank of the Schuylkill River that could be On December 19, , commander of the Continental Army George Washington, the future first president of the United States, leads his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Things could hardly have looked bleaker for Washington and the Continental The book, filled with proverbs preaching industry and prudence, was published continuously for 25 years and became one of the most popular publications in colonial America, selling an Titanic catapulted its young stars Leonardo Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Elena Bonner, from their internal exile in Gorky, a major city on the Volga River that was then closed to foreigners.

In a major shake-up of the military high command, Adolf Hitler assumes the position of commander in chief of the German army. The German offensive against Moscow was proving to be a disaster. A perimeter had been established by the Soviets miles from the city—and the Germans Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. But it was a second series of pamphlets published on December 19 of that year that inspired a huge American military victory.

Washington was literally at a crossroads. His opponent, General Howe, had offered pardons to local residents, and the re-enlistment period was ending for the volunteers in his army.

The much-needed victory galvanized the Revolutionary forces and the Continental Congress. While The American Crisis did much to inspire the troops, its fame was nowhere near that of Common Sense , which was essentially the first viral mass communications event in America.

The first version of Common Sense went viral, in the current sense of the word, when it hit the cobblestone streets of Philadelphia on January 9, Common Sense sold , copies in its first three months, and by the end of the Revolution, , copies were sold.

The estimated population of the Colonies excluding its African-American and Native American populations was 2. So, about 20 percent of colonists owned a copy of the revolutionary booklet. In current-day sales, that would amount to sales of 60 million, not including overseas sales.