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Samuel Little, whom the FBI  says was the most prolific serial killer in US history, died in prison Wednesday at age 80.

Also on this day:  British troops burn Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812.The United States and Mexico sign a treaty under which the U.S. agrees to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

Also on this day: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, is born in Raleigh, N.C.Texas is admitted as the 28th state.The massacre on Wounded Knee takes place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians are killed by U.S.

Also on this day: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observes the planet Neptune, but mistakes it for a star. (Neptune wouldn't officially be discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)Queen Mary II of England dies after more than five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.John C.

direct to your inboxMeet Minnie - the French bulldog who went missing and turned up 170 miles away from home and minus a leg.Owner Staci Day feared her beloved dog had been killed in a car accident when she vanished back in March.But Minnie is now jumping for joy after being found just in time for Christmas.The RSPCA believe she was stolen and have now launched an investigation.Owner Staci said: "We weren't sure we would ever see her again when she went missing, so we are over the moon to have

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Also on this day:  French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (Dreyfus would be vindicated eventually.) Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who would brcome the first naturalized U.S.

Chloe Ferry has been spotted leaving little to the imagination as she took her dogs for a walk near her home in Newcastle.The Geordie Shore star, 25, braved the cold as she stepped out in a tiny black bra with a light blue oversized jumper over her shoulders but let the zip open to show off her figure. Chloe kept things casual as she wore a pair of medium-wash blue denim jeans and a pair of white trainers on her stroll with her two French Bulldog pups.

With a flurry of exiting pardons expected from Donald Trump any moment, incarcerated Tiger King star Joe Exotic has taken the Justice Department to court in the hopes of joining Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and other similar upstanding citizens in getting an 11th hour Presidential act of clemency.

Also on this day: During the American Revolutionary War, Gen. George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.A coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa.

Screen Media has picked up the North American theatrical rights to the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street ahead of its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres sidebar. Screen Media will release the HBO Documentary Film in theaters and on home entertainment in spring 2021.

Dave McNary Film ReporterScreen Media has bought North American rights to HBO’s “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” and will premiere the title at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January.The documentary, inspired by Michael Davis’ New York Times best-selling book, is directed by Marilyn Agrelo and produced by Trevor Crafts and Ellen Scherer Crafts.

Also on this day: The 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, is declared in effect by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

Also on this day: France recognizes American independence. Franz Schubert’s Symphony No.