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posted 12-04-2005 07:11 AM
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December 4th
On this day in history ..
1619 - America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
1680 - A hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with figure of great comet 1st seen on December 16 1680
1682 - 1st Gen Assembly in Penn (Chester)
1783 - Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern NYC
1909 - 1st Grey Cup game (University of Toronto 26 Toronto Parkdale 6)
1912 - Roald Amundsen reaches South pole
1915 - Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
1957 - 1st edition of Chase's Annual Events published
1965 - Gemini 7 launched with 2 astronauts
1980 - Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1980 - South Africa grants Transkei independence
Famous birthdays for this day ..
1443 - Pope Julius II, (1503-13) patron of Michelangelo Bramante Raphael
1835 - Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom Way of All Flesh)
1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer actress (The Great Mogul)
1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet (Duino Elegies)
1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist historian (or 1795)
1908 - A.D. Hershey, US biologist worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
1922 - Deanna Durbin, actress (100 Men and a Girl)
1943 - Patti Chandler, in Cal
1944 - Dennis Wilson, drummer Beach Boys
1949 - Jeff Bridges, actor (Stay Hungry)
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posted 12-04-2005 01:51 PM
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On December 5 in history ..
1492 - Columbus discovers Hispaniola
1776 - Phi Beta Kappa 1st American scholastic fraternity founded
1791 - Mozart dies
1876 - Daniel C Stillson patents pipe wrench
1933 - 21st Amendment ratified 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed
1935 - 1st coml hydroponics operation established Montebello Ca
1947 - Joe Wolcott beats Joe Louis
1951 - Dragnet premiers
1955 - AFL & CIO merge
1973 - Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
1974 - Seattle Seahawks formed
1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1982 - University Baptist Church Seattle declares sanctuary for refugees
Famous birthdays on December 5 ..
1782 - Martin Van Buren, (D) 8th pres (1837-41)
1839 - George Armstrong Custer, of Little Big Horn fame
1901 - Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse
1901 - Werner Heisenberg, discoverer of uncertainty (Nobel 1932)
1902 - Strom Thurmond, (D/R-Sen-SC)
1903 - Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
1905 - Otto Preminger, movie director producer (Laura Exodus)
1947 - Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback
1947 - Jugderdemidyin Gurragcha, 1st Mongolian space traveler (Soyuz 39)
1951 - Morgan Brittany,
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posted 12-04-2005 01:52 PM
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On December 6 in history ..
1492 - Haiti discovered by Columbus
1534 - Quito Ecuador founded by Spanish
1631 - 1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
1825 - Pres John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory
1876 - City of Anaheim incorporated for 2nd time
1882 - Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit
1907 - Coal mine explosions in Monongah WV kills 361
1917 - Finland declares independence from Russia (National Day)
1921 - Irish Free State gains independence from Britain
1957 - 1st US attempt to launch a satellite fails-Vanguard rocket blows up
1973 - Gerald Ford becomes 1st unelected VP
1977 - South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
Famous birthdays on December 6 ..
1421 - Henry VI, king of England (1422-61 1470-71)
1822 - John Eberhard, built 1st large US pencil factory
1870 - William S Hart, star of silent Westerns
1886 - Joyce Kilmer, poet (Trees)
1887 - Lynn Fontanne, Bdwy actress (Dulcy Arms and the Man)
1896 - George Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
1896 - Ira Gershwin, lyricist ('S Wonderful I Got Rhythm)
1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist economist
1906 - Agnes Moorehead, (Endorra-Bewitched)
1920 - Dave Brubeck, jazz pianist
1921 - Otto Graham, AAFC NFL quarterback (Cleveland Browns)
1925 - Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end (LA Rams NY Giants)
1947 - Chelsea Brown, in Chicago Ill
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posted 12-04-2005 01:54 PM
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On December 7 in history ..
1787 - Delaware becomes 1st state to ratify constitution
1842 - NY Philharmonic's 1st concert
1912 - George Darwin theorized moon was pulled out of Pacific Ocean dies
1935 - Winnipeg Blue Bombers become 1st western team to win Grey Cup
1941 - Pearl Harbor attacked (a day that will live in infamy) 1st Japanese submarine sunk by American ship (Ward)
1953 - Israel's PM Ben-Gureon retires
1960 - France grants Ivory Coast independence (National Day)
1972 - Apollo 17 last of Apollo moon series launched
1975 - 10th Islander shut-out opponent - Glenn Resch 3-0 vs Sabres
1977 - Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent - Black Hawks 4-0
1978 - Islander's Mike Bossy's 1st career hat trick
1979 - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 1st woman full prof at Harvard U dies
Famous birthdays on December 7 ..
1542 - Mary Queen, of Scots
1598 - Gian Bernini, baroque sculptor
1761 - Madame Marie Tussaud, created wax museum
1873 - Willa Cather, American author (My Antonia)
1878 - Akiko Yosano, Japanese poet
1888 - Joyce Cary, writer
1905 - Gerard Kuiper, US astronomer discovered moons of Uranus Neptune
1915 - Eli Wallach, actor
1923 - Ted Knight, actor (Ted Baxter anchorman)
1924 - Mario Soares, (Socialist) premier of Portugal (1976-78 1983- )
1928 - Noam Chomsky, linguist founder of transformational grammar
1932 - Ellen Burstyn, in Det
1947 - Gregg Allman, singer
1947 - Johnny Bench, baseball catcher
1948 - Yoko Morishita, prima ballerina
1956 - Larry Bird, (Boston Celtics)
1956 - Priscilla Barnes, (3's Company)
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posted 12-04-2005 01:59 PM
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On December 8 in history ..
1831 - James Hoban White House designer dies
1845 - German amateur astronomer M Hencke discovers 5th asteroid Astra
1863 - Fire in Santiago Chile kills 2 000
1869 - 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council Vatican I opens in Rome
1886 - American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions
1893 - Enlightment of Buddha
1913 - Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in SF
1931 - Coaxial cable patented
1940 - 1st NFL championship on natl radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1941 - SF 1st blackout at 6:15PM. Also US declares war on Japan
1952 - 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1966 - A terrible Yankee trade Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
1974 - Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
1980 - John Lennon assassinated in NY by David Mark Chapman
1982 - Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot
1983 - 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 returns to Earth
Famous birthdays on December 8 ..
0065 - Horace, BC in Rome poet
1626 - Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic
1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor
1832 - Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Nobel 1903)
1861 - Aristide Maillol, French painter sculptor
1861 - William Crapo Durant, founded GM
1865 - Jean Sibelius, major Scandinavian composer
1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist
1894 - James (Grover) Thurber, in Columbus Oh (Men Women and Dogs)
1903 - Adele Simpson, fashion designer
1906 - Richard Llewellyn, Welsh novelist (How Green Was My Valley)
1908 - John Volpe, former governor of Massachusetts cabinet officer
1922 - John B. (Jack) McKay, X-15 pilot
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr, singer actor (Ocean's 11)
1927 - Vladimir A. Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 4 8 10)
1930 - Maximilian Schell, actor (Odessa File Julia)
1933 - Flip Wilson, comedian actor (The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh)
1936 - David Carradine, actor (Kung Fu Mean Streets)
1937 - James MacArthur, actor -- "Book 'Em Danno!"
1953 - Kim Basinger, in Athens Ga (9 1/2 Weeks Man Who Loved Women)
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posted 12-04-2005 02:01 PM
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On December 9 in history ..
1292 - Sa'di great Persian poet (Orchard Rose Garden) dies
1792 - 1st cremation in US
1793 - Noah Webster establishes NY's 1st daily newspaper American Minerva
1907 - 1st Christmas Seals sold in Wilmington PO
1941 - 300 Montgomery opens as new Bank of America HQ
1948 - UN Gen Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide
1961 - Tanganyika gains independence from Britain
1978 - Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus
Famous birthdays on December 9 ..
1561 - Edwin Sandys, a founder of Va colony
1594 - Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power (1611-32)
1608 - John Milton, poet and puritan (Paradise Lost)
1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus stories
1886 - Clarence Birdseye, frozen vegatable king
1897 - Hermione Gingold,
1898 - Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willie)
1902 - Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch of the West)
1905 - Dalton Trumbo, writer film director (Johnny Got His Gun)
1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr, actor (Ghost Story)
1911 - Broderick Crawford, actor (All the King's Men Highway Patrol)
1911 - Lee J. Cobb, actor (The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing)
1912 - Thomas P. O'Neill, (D-Mass-Rep) Speaker of the House
1915 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
1918 - Kirk Douglas, actor (Gunfight at the OK Corral 7 Days in May)
1922 - Redd Foxx, actor and comedian (Sanford and Son)
1925 - Dina Merrill, in NYC
1926 - Luis Miguel Dominguˇn, matador
1928 - Dick Van Patten, actor (Eight Is Enough)
1929 - Robert J.L. Hawke, (Labor) prime minister of Australia (1983- )
1938 - David (Deacon) Jones, NFL defensive end (LA SD Washington)
1942 - Dick Butkus, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1957 - Donny Osmond, singer
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posted 12-06-2005 04:40 PM
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On December 10 in history ..
1520 - Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demanding that he recant
1817 - Mississippi becomes 20th state
1830 - Poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst Mass
1869 - Women granted right to vote in Wyoming Territory
1896 - Alfred Nobel dies; Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date
1898 - Spanish-American War ends - US acquires Guam from Spain
1901 - 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant Fr‚d‚ric Passy)
1906 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1920 - President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize
1923 - Harold Gould (Rhoda
1931 - Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
1948 - UN Genl Assembly adopts Universal Declaration on Human Rights
1950 - Ralph J. Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
1958 - 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
1962 - Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
1963 - Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
1966 - Israeli hmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
1967 - Singer Otis Redding dies in plane crash at 26
1975 - Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
1977 - Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1978 - Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
1982 - Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth 211 days after take-off
1984 - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
1986 - Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
Famous birthdays on December 10 ..
1787 - Thomas H. Gallaudet, pioneer of educating the deaf
1822 - Cesar Franck, in Belgium composer
1824 - George Macdonald, Scottish novelist (Lilith)
1830 - Emily Dickinson, poet
1851 - Melvil Dewey, creator of Dewey Decimal System for libraries
1891 - Nelly Sachs, German poet O the Chimneys) (Nobel 1966)
1903 - Una Merkel, actress (The Parent Trap)
1914 - Dorothy Lamour, in New Orleans (Road to Bali Greatest Show on Earth)
1946 - Gloria Loring, in NYC
1952 - Susan Hallock Dey, in Ill (First Love LA Law)
1961 - Nia Peeples,
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posted 12-06-2005 04:41 PM
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On December 11 in history ..
1816 - Indiana becomes 19th state
1888 - French Panama Canal company fails
1914 - Stockton Street Tunnel (SF) completed
1917 - German-occupied Lithuania proclaims independence from Russia
1932 - Snow falls in SF
1936 - King Edward VIII of England abdicates for woman he loves
1941 - Japanese occupy Guam
1946 - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)
1953 - KTVA Anchorage becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
1954 - USS Forrestal christened in Newport News Va
1958 - Upper Volta (now Bourkina Fasso) gains autonomy from France
1959 - Yanks trade Marv Thronberry Don Larsen Hank Bauer & Norm Seibern for Roger Maris Kent Hadley & Joe Deaestri
1961 - JFK provides US milt helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1970 - John Lennon release an album that contains songs with word "fuck"
1975 - 1st class postage rises from 10› to 13›
1975 - Great Yankee trade getting Willie Randolph Dock Ellis & Ken Brett from Pirates for George 'Doc' Medich
Famous birthdays on December 11 ..
1781 - Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist inventor of kaleidoscope
1803 - Hector Berlioz, in France composer
1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American stellar spectroscopist
1882 - Fiorello La Guardia, (R) mayor of NYC (1933-45)
1882 - Max Born, German physicist (Nobel 1954)
1905 - Gilbert Roland, actor (Barbarosa)
1913 - Carlo Ponti, director
1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (Cancer Ward) (Nobel 1970)
1931 - Rita Moreno, actress (The King and I West Side Story) in Puerto Rico
1937 - Anne Heywood,
1944 - Brenda Lee, in Atlanta Georgia
1944 - Donna Mills, in Chicago Illinois
1945 - Lynda Day-George, in Tennessee
1947 - Elizabeth Baur, in Cal
1950 - Christine Onasis, in NYC
1962 - Kim Linehan, swimmer
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posted 12-06-2005 04:45 PM
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On December 12 in history ..
1787 - Penns becomes 2nd state
1871 - Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
1899 - George F Grant patents golf tee
1901 - Marconi receives 1st transatlantic radio signal England to US
1921 - Henrietta Leavitt cepheid period-luminosity relation discover dies
1937 - 1st mobile TV unit (NYC)
1963 - Kenya gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1964 - Russia launches Voshkod I 1st multi-crew in space (3 men)
1965 - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs ties NFL record
1977 - Yanks purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
Famous birthdays on December 12 ..
1745 - John Jay, diplomat
1805 - Henry Wells, founded Am Expr & Wells Fargo
1821 - Gustave Flaubert, novelist (Madame Bovary)
1852 - Henri Becquerel, discoverer of radioactivity (Nobel 1903)
1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and print maker (The Scream)
1915 - Frank Sinatra, singer actor (Old Blue Eyes)
1918 - Joe Williams, jazz singer
1923 - Bob Barker, game show host
1924 - Edward Koch, mayor of NYC
1929 - John Osborne, playwright
1938 - Connie Francis, in Newark NJ
1941 - Dionne Warwick, in East Orange NJ
1950 - Billy Smith, goaltender (NY Islanders)
1962 - Holly Gagnier, in LA
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posted 12-06-2005 04:47 PM
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On December 13 in history ..
1577 - Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world
1862 - Battle of Fredericksburg Va; South beats North
1903 - Wright brothers 1st airplane flight at Kittyhawk
1918 - Wilson 1st to make a foreign visit as Pres
1920 - Interferometer used to measure 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)
1928 - George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres
1968 - Playland at the Beach reopens
1969 - Billy Martin fired as Twins' manager
1974 - Maltese Republic Day
1976 - Golden Gate Bridge District starts ferry service to Larkspur
1978 - Susan B Anthony dollar 1st US coin to honor a woman issued
1981 - Solidarity Day
1982 - Devil's 1st hat trick - Steve Tambellini
1983 - Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
Famous birthdays on December 13 ..
1797 - Heinrich Heine, German poet
1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady
1835 - Phillips Brooks, clergyman composer (O Little Town of Bethlehem)
1871 - Russell Porter,
1903 - Carlos Montoya, guitarist
1913 - Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ
1915 - Ross Macdonald, detective novelist
1920 - George Schultz, secof state
1925 - Dick Van Dyke, actor (Dick Van Dyke Show Mary Poppins)
1929 - Christopher Plummer, actor
1930 - Genevieve Page,
1941 - John Davidson, TV host
1948 - Kathy Garver, in Cal
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posted 12-06-2005 04:49 PM
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On December 14 in history ..
1782 - Charleston SC evacuated by British
1799 - George Washington died at Mt Vernon Va
1819 - Alabama becomes 22nd state
1911 - South Pole 1st reached by Roald Amundsen
1927 - Iraq gains independence from Britain but British troops remain
1962 - Mariner 2 makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus)
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure
1974 - Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent - Kings 3-0
1980 - Anders Kailur scored in 6th Islander penalty shot
1980 - Yankee catcher Elston Howard dies
1985 - Roger Maris dies at 51
Famous birthdays on December 14 ..
1503 - Nostradamus, astrologer and physician
1546 - Tycho Brahe, at Knudstrup Denmark astronomer
1895 - George VI, king of England (1936-52)
1896 - James H. Doolittle, former Air Force general
1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, (R-Sen-Maine)
1909 - Edward L. Tatum, American molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
1914 - Morey Amsterdam, actor
1922 - Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
1932 - Abbe Lane, in Bkln
1932 - Charlie Rich, singer
1935 - Lee Remick, in Boston Mass (Days of Wine and Rose Long Hot Summer)
1938 - Janette Scott,
1946 - Jane Birkin,
1946 - Joyce Wilson (Dawn), in Detroit Michigan
1946 - Patty Duke, in Bkln (Miracle Worker)
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posted 12-15-2005 08:46 PM
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On December 16 in history ..
1689 - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1773 - Big Tea Party in Boston Harbor Indians welcome
1857 - Earthquake in Naples Italy
1893 - Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1905 - Variety covering all phases of show business 1st published
1907 - Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on it's World Cruise
1909 - US pressure forces Nicaraguan Pres Jos‚ Santos Zelaya from office
1911 - South Pole 1st reached by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1944 - Battle of the Bulge began
1965 - Gemini VI returns to Earth
1983 - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
Famous birthdays on December 16 ..
1485 - Catherine of Aragon, 1st wife of Henry VIII
1770 - Ludwig von Beethoven, Bonn Germany composer
1775 - Jane Austen, English novelist (Pride and Prejudice)
1863 - George Santayana, philosopher poet humanist
1899 - Sir Noel Coward, playwright
1900 - V.S. Pritchett, literary critic
1901 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)
1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, science-fiction author (2001 Childhood's End)
1926 - James McCracken, dramatic tenor
1939 - Liv Ullman, in Tokyo Japan (Cries and Whispers)
1941 - Leslie Stahl, TV newsperson
1952 - Elayne Boosler, Comedian
1962 - William Perry, Chicago Bears (The Refrigerator)
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posted 12-16-2005 10:58 PM
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On December 17 in history ..
1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII
1777 - France recognizes independance of the 13 colonies
1790 - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1791 - NYC traffic regulation creates 1st one-way street
1792 - Opening of 1st legislative assembly of Lower Canada in Quebec city
1843 - Charles Dickens's classic: A Christmas Carol published
1852 - 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized
1860 - Anaheim Township created in LA County
1875 - Violent bread riots at Montreal
1903 - At 10:35AM 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight by Wright Bros
1920 - Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
1933 - 1st professional NFL football game: Chicago Bears vs NY Giants
1944 - M-OceanView streetcar resumes service & is extended to Market St
1954 - 1st fully automated railroad freight yard - Gary In
1959 - 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities - On The Beach
1975 - 1st time Islanders shut-out Rangers 3-0 - Billy Smith's 5th
1979 - Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle)
Famous birthdays on December 17 ..
1778 - Sir Humphry Davy, discovered several chemical elements
1797 - Joseph Henry, American scientist and inventor
1807 - John Greenleaf Whittier, poet
1853 - Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor theater manager
1874 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, (L) 10th Canadian PM (1921-30 1935-48)
1894 - Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops conductor
1903 - Erskine Caldwell, author (Tobacco Road God's Little Acre)
1908 - Willard Frank Libby, invented carbon-14 "atomic clock"
1926 - Patrice Wymore,
1929 - William Safire, political columnist
1930 - Julia Meade,
1936 - Roland Sheldon, Yankee Pitcher
1936 - Tommy Steele, singer
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On December 18 in history ..
1737 - Antonio Stradivari violin maker dies
1787 - NJ becomes 3rd state
1813 - British take Fort Niagara in the War of 1812
1849 - William Bond obtains 1st photograph of moon through a telescope
1865 - 13th Amendment ratified slavery abolished
1898 - Auto speed record set -- 63 kph
1915 - Pres Wilson widowed the year before marries Edith Bolling Galt
1932 - Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game
1945 - Uruguay joined UN
1956 - Japan admitted to the UN
1958 - 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip
1958 - 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower
1958 - Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)
1961 - India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa Damao & Diu
1965 - Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII
1969 - Britain abolished death penalty
1971 - 1st Candlelight Processional
1971 - Diana Lynn dies at 45
1972 - US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
1973 - Soyuz 13 launched into earth orbit for 8 days
1974 - SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens
1980 - Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin suffered a fatal heart attack at 76
1985 - UN Security Council unanimously condemns `acts of hostage-taking'
Famous birthdays on December 18 ..
1707 - Charles Wesley, cofounder of Methodist movement
1709 - Elizabeth, empress of Russia (to Peter the Great and Catherine I)
1779 - Joseph Grimaldi, English pantomimist "greatest clown in history"
1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German Romantic composer
1861 - Edward MacDowell, composer
1879 - Paul Klee, Swiss abstract painter
1886 - Ty Cobb, played in 3000 games batted .367 stole 892 bases
1888 - Robert Moses, power broker (built Long Island & NYC parks & roads)
1890 - Edwin Armstrong, radio pioneer (invented FM)
1910 - Abe Burrows, Broadway impresario
1913 - Willy Brandt, (SD) chancellor of West Germany (1969-74) (Nobel '71)
1916 - Betty Grable, in St Louis
1917 - Lynn Bari, actress
1917 - Ossie Davis,
1927 - Ramsey Clark, Attorney General
1934 - Boris V. Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5 21)
1943 - Keith Richard, singer (Rolling Stones)
1947 - Steven Spielberg, director (Jaws Raiders of the Lost Arc)
1950 - Leonard Maltin, Movie reviewer
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