On this day: December 25

POSTED: 10:30 PM PST Dec 22, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 24, 2012 

George Washington crosses the Delaware, "To Kill a Mockingbird" premieres, Gorbachev resigns, and passengers on a Christmas flight into Detroit foil the "Underwear Bomber," all on this day.

OTD December 25 - Gorbachev
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Russian International News Agency/Wikimedia Commons

1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as president of the Soviet Union, a day before the union itself is formally dissolved.

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