TODAY IN MILITARY HISTORY: December 8 is also December 7. (See the chart for the history and the explanation.)

Also, a terrible command decision still stirring rancor in the ranks:

1830 U.S. Army Adjutant General Order No. 72 ends the daily ration of one gill of whiskey to enlisted men, substituting an issue of coffee and sugar.

Yes, late in the day for this link, but better late than never.

RELATED: A gill.