| 1 | * | First Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus. | Ref: 5 |
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| 390 | * | In Milan, Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan, forces the emperor Theodosius to perform public penance for his massacre of 3000 rebels at Thessalonica. | Ref: 74 |
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| 498 | * | French king Clovis baptises himself. | Ref: 5 |
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| 597 | * | England adopts Julian calendar. | Ref: 5 |
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| 800 | * | Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman emperor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 875 | * | Charles, the Bare, crowned emperor of Rome. | Ref: 5 |
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| 967 | * | John XIII crowned Otto II the Red German compassionate emperor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 969 | * | Johannes I Tzimisces, crowned emperor of Byzantium. | Ref: 5 |
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| 979 | * | Rotardus appointed as bishop of the kingdom. | Ref: 5 |
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| 999 | * | Heribertus becomes bishop of Cologne. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1000 | * | Monarch István crowned king of Hungary. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1046 | * | Pope Clemens VI crowns Henry III Roman Catholic-German emperor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1048 | * | Parliament of Worms: Emperor Henry III names his cousin count Bruno van Egisheim/Dagsburg as Pope Leo IX. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1066 | * | The coronation of William I, the Conqueror (of England) by Ealdred of York at Westminster Abbey. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1085 | * | The Doomsday Book. At the Christmas Council, William orders the creation of survey of property with their values and populations, county by county covering most of England. Commissioners were sent all over England, apart from the far north, to make a record of the population, value, state and ownership of the land. The book consisting of two volumes was completed by 1088. | |
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| 1100 | * | Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned king of Jerusalem. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1101 | * | Henry I of Limburg becomes duke of Netherlands-Lutherans. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1121 | | Norbertus van Xanten founds Order of the Norbertijnen. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1130 | * | Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1141 | * | The second coronation of Stephen of Bloise (of England), by Theobald at Canterbury Cathedral. Stephen believed it necessary for his barons to re-establish their fealty to hinm and so insisted upon a second coronation following his release from prison and restoration to the throne. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1146 | * | The third coronation of Stephen of Bloise (of England), at Lincoln Cathedral. This was less a coronation than a display of power. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1158 | * | The coronation of Eleanor, wife of Henry II (of England) by Theobald at Worcester Cathedral. | Ref: 16 |
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| 1223 | * | St. Francis of Assisi assembles one of the first Nativity scenes, in Greccio, Italy. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1559 | * | Pius IV [Gianangelo de' Medici] begins his reign as Catholic Pope. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1582 | * | Zealand/Brabant adopts Gregorian calendar, yesterday was Dec 14th. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1613 | * | Johan Sigismund of Brandenburg becomes protestant. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1621 | * | The governor of New Plymouth prevents newcomers from playing cards. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1640 | * | Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1641 | | Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden & France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1651 | * | The General Court of Boston levies a five shilling fine on anyone caught "observing any such day as Christmas." | Ref: 2 |
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| 1683 | * | English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1688 | * | English king James II lands in Ambleteuse, France. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1688 | * | Lord Delamere sides with King James II. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1723 | * | The Dunkards (Baptists from Germany) held their first immersion service in America at Germantown (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Pope Pius VI encyclical on the problems of the pontificate. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | The first chancery court suit recorded in Greene County (OH) shows Lindsay Marshall vs William Marshall & John Snavely over unclear land title. | Ref: 56 |
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| 1831 | * | Louisiana & Arkansas are first states to observe Christmas as holiday. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1846 | * | Donner Party (date approximate): The first suggestion is made to consume human flesh. Patrick Dolan is designated to die, but no one has the heart to kill him. Patrick Dolan is part of the group called "The Forlorn Hope." A blizzard catches the "Forlorn Hope" in the open. They have great difficulty getting and keeping a fire lit. Antonio, Patrick Dolan, Franklin Graves, and Lemuel Murphy die at the "Camp of Death." With nothing left to eat, the survivors tearfully resort to cannibalism. | Ref: 27 |
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| 1848 | * | New Haven Railroad opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | President Andrew Johnson granted an unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion that resulted in the Civil War. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1875 | * | The Lambs Club in New York is founded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | A dynamite bomb destroyed a portion of the Llewellyn Ironworks in Los Angeles, where a bitter strike was in progress. | Ref: 59 |
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| 1918 | * | Pierre-Georges Latecoere launches an airline flying mail from Toulouse to Barcelona, and to Alicante. | |
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| 1922 | * | Lenin dictates his "Political testament". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | In Washington, D.C., during Calvin Coolidge's first Christmas as president, the first electrically_lit Christmas tree appeared in the White House. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | U.S. troops in Nicaragua disarm insurgents in support of the Diaz regime. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1926 | * | Hirohito became emperor of Japan, suceeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. (Hirohito was formally enthroned almost two years later.) | Ref: 70 |
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| 1926 | * | Hirohito became emperor of Japan, succeeding his father, Emperor Yoshihito. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1927 | | The Mexican congress opens land to foreign investors, reversing the 1917 ban enacted to preserve the domestic economy. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1932 | * | During King George V Christmas dinner speech, his chair collapes. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1933 | * | Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Belgian bishops condemn fascism & communism. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | | Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | | Chiang Kai-shek offers a new Chinese constitution in Nanking pledging universal suffrage. It is accepted in Taiwan. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1947 | | Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey by Scottish Nationalists & smuggled back to Scotland. The 485 pound stone was recovered in April 1951. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music & popular music. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Ed Gein judged insane and committed to Waupan State Hospital for a life sentence for the murders of Mary Hogan and Bernice Worden. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swastikas. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | | Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | The Department of Commerce Census Clock in Washington, DC recorded the U.S. population on this day as 188,000,000. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1962 | * | USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | The Bay of Pigs captives, upon their return to the United States, vow to return to Cuba and topple Fidel Castro. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1971 | * | Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1977 | | Israeli PM Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with Egyptian President Sadat. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | USSR airlifts invasionary army to Afghanistan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | | Egypt begins major restoration of the Sphinx. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1987 | * | Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1988 | * | Denny's fast food restaurants closed for the first time in 35 years. Because of their "Always Open" policy there are some Denny's that don't even have locks | Ref: 62 |
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| 1989 | | Japanese scientist achieves -271.8ºC, coldest temp ever recorded. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formally comes to an end. | Ref: 25 |
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| 1991 | * | Mikhail Gorbachev announced his resignation as President of the USSR. During his leadership (1985 to 1991), Gorbachev brought about sweeping internal reforms, created greater openness in political and cultural affairs and set the stage for historic developments throughout Eastern Europe with his program of economic, political, and social restructuring, known as ‘perestroika’. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1996 | * | Peruvians held candles high and prayed outside the Japanese ambassador's residence, where leftist rebels freed one hostage for health reasons, but continued to hold more than 100 others. | Ref: 64 |
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| 2003 | * | Pakistani President Perves Musharraf escapes unharmed in the second assassination attempt in 11 days. Suicide attackers detonate two bombs that kill 14 and injure 46 others. (USA Today, p 3A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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| 1492 | * | Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1497 | * | Natal discovered by Vasco da Gama. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1741 | * | Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1758 | * | Halley's comet first sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch during return. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1805 | * | Lewis & Clark: An entire continent between them and home, the expedition celebrates Christmas in its new quarters, Fort Clatsop, named for a neighboring Indian tribe. The captains hand out handkerchiefs and the last of the expedition's tobacco supply as presents. | Ref: 65 |
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| 1973 | * | U.S. astronauts onboard the Skylab space station take a seven-hour walk in space and photograph the comet Kohoutek. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1984 | * | The first man-made comet was visible in the sky. The sphere of chemicals from a West German satellite appeared to be yellowish-green and in the constellation Virgo. | Ref: 4 |
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| 604 | | Battle at Etampes (Stampae): Burgundy beat Neustriers. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1522 | | Turkish troops occupy Rhodos. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1745 | | Prussia/Austria signs Treaty of Dresden; gives much of Silesia to the Prussians. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1776 | * | Gen. George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River for a surprise attack against Hessian forces at Trenton, N.J. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1837 | * | Battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1861 | * | Stonewall Jackson spends Christmas with his wife; their last together. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | John Hunt Morgan and his raiders clash with Union forces near Bear Wallow, Kentucky. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1862 | * | President and Mrs. Lincoln visit hospitals in the Washington D.C. area on this Christmas Day. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1901 | * | Battle at Tweefontein Orange-Free state: Boers surprise attack British. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | | Italy lands troops in Albania to protect its interests during a revolt there. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1914 | * | An unofficial Christmas Truce is observed by soldiers in the trenches along the Western Front during the first Christmas of World War I. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | | A revolt erupts in Berlin. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1939 | * | Finnish troops enter Soviet territory. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1941 | * | The Royal Rifles attack the Japanese forces on Hong Kong Island; Hong Kong, with Canadian and British troops, surrenders to Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi/Kagu back in Kure, Japan. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Free French troops occupy the French Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon off the Canadian coast. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1942 | * | Admiral Dalans, murderer of Bosinier de la Chapelle, sentenced to death. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Russian artillery/tank battle on German armies at Stalingrad. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | British Colonel S W Bailey reaches Mihailovics headquarters. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Prime Minister Winston Churchill goes to Athens to seek an end to the Greek civil war. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1969 | | 5 Israeli gunboats escape from Cherbourg harbor. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | Ice hockey first played in North America at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1862 | * | 40,000 watch the Union army men play baseball at Hilton Head SC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1888 | * | At the Philadelphia State Fairground Building, the Downtowners beat the Uptowners in the first indoor baseball game ever played, 6-1. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1894 | * | The University of Chicago had the first Midwestern football team to play on the west coast as U.C. defeated Stanford, 24-4, at Palo Alto, CA. on Christmas Day. Football broadcasters, however, did have the day off, as there was no radio or TV back then. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1930 | | The Mt. Van Hoevenberg bobsled run at Lake Placid, NY opened to the public. It was the first bobsled track of international specifications to open in the United States. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | The longest pro-football game finally ended when Garo Yepremian kicked a field goal in the second quarter of a sudden death overtime. Miami’s Dolphins nipped KS City, 27-24. The game lasted 82 minutes and 40 seconds. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1973 | | Tommy Chambers (Scotland) finishes 51 year cycle tour (799,405 miles). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1984 | * | NBA's Bernard King scores 60 points. | Ref: 5 |
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| 2001 | * | Signing a one-year, $4.7 million contract to play for the Yomiuri Giants, Hideki Matsui became the highest-paid player in Japanese baseball history. The outfielder's salary surpasses the $4 million mark the Orix Blue Wave gave Ichiro Suzuki for 2000 season. | Ref: 1 |
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| 2002 | * | Katie Hnida became the first woman to play in a Division I football game when she attempted an extra point for New Mexico against UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1760 | * | Jupter Hammon, New York slave, publishes poetry in "An Evening Thought". | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | First US performance of Handel's Messiah, Boston. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1818 | * | First known Christmas carol ("Silent Night, Holy Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr) is performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1830 | * | Hector Berlioz's "Symphony Fantastic" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1843 | * | First theatre matinee (Olympic Theatre, New York NY). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1896 | * | John Philip Sousa writes the melody to "The Stars and Stripes Forever". | Ref: 4 |
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| 1900 | | Arthur Schnitzlers "Leutnant Gustl" forbidden in Germany. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Clyde Fitch' "Girl with Green Eyes" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1905 | * | V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Edward Knoblock's "Kismet" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | "Why Marry", first drama to win Pulitzer Prize, premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1917 | * | Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Imperial Theater opens at 249 W 45th St NYC. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | NY's Metropolitan Opera broadcast an entire opera over radio for the first time: "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Samson Raphaelson's "Accent on Youth" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | | The Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, was read by Lionel Barrymore on The Campbell Playhouse on CBS radio. The reading of the tale became an annual radio event for years to come. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1937 | * | Arturo Toscanini conducts first Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | | George Cukor announces Vivien Leigh will play Scarlett O'Hara. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | | The Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, was read by Lionel Barrymore on The Campbell Playhouse on CBS radio. The reading of the tale became an annual radio event for years to come. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1940 | * | Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's "Pal Joey" premieres in New York NY. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | | The longest, sponsored program in the history of broadcasting was heard on NBC radio’s Blue network. The daylong Victory Parade’s Christmas Party of Spotlight Bands was heard over 142 radio stations. The marathon broadcast was sponsored by Coca-Cola. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Dick Tracy got married on Christmas Day. The comic strip hero married Tess Truehart. The couple later became parents of a daughter. The little girl’s name was Bonnie Braids. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | NBC-TV got Walt Disney to lend his creative genius to a one-hour special which marked the cartoonist’s first jump into TV. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1957 | * | Queen Elizabeth II delivers first royal Christmas message on television. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1958 | * | Alan Freed's Christmas Rock & Roll Spectacular opens. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Richard Starkey [Ringo Starr] receives his first drum set. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | | "Goldfinger" premieres in US. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | | Entertainer Chris Noel gives her first performance for the USO at two hospitals in California, She will eventually entertain in Vietnam. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1967 | * | Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | First live telecast of Christmas Parade. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | | "Godfather III" premieres. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | "Comedy Tonight" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 8 performances. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | | For first time US movie box office receipts pass $6 billion. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show | Ref: 5 |
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| -4 | * | -BC- Jesus of Nazareth religious leader/philosopher (estimated and almost certainly false date), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1601 | * | Jose Ximenez composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1624 | * | Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffler] German mystic (St Seelenlust), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1628 | * | Noel Coypel French painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1642 | * | Sir Isaac Newton, scientist who developed the laws of gravity and planetary relations, is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1646 | * | Harald Vallerius composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1686 | * | Giovanni Battista Somis composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1698 | * | Jacobus Houbraken Dutch engraver/illustrator, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1711 | * | Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1717 | * | Pius VI [Giovanni A Braschi] Italy, Pope (1775-99), is born. | Ref: 69 |
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| 1721 | * | William Collins, Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1728 | * | Johann Adam Hiller composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1750 | * | John "Christmas" Beckwith composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1763 | * | Claude Chappe French engineer (optical telegraph), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1765 | * | Joseph Mazzinghi composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1771 | * | Dorothy Wordsworth, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1775 | * | Antun Sorkocevic composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1808 | * | Stephen Cleeg Rowan Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1811 | * | Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler German politician/bishop of Mainz, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1813 | * | Milledge Luke Bonham (Confederacy) died in 1890, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1814 | * | Jan de Liefde II Dutch vicar/founder (Co-op of Welfare of the People), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1815 | * | Temistocle Solera composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1821 | * | The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1823 | * | Preston Smith Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1863, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1825 | * | Esteban Salas y Castro composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1829 | * | Patrick S Gilmore composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1831 | * | Johann Herbeck composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1832 | * | Thomas Alfred Smyth Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1865, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1837 | * | Cosima Liszt wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1855 | * | James Galvin pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1859 | * | Raoul Gunsbourg composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1863 | * | E Fern ndez Arbos Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1865 | * | Evangeline Cory Booth Salvation Army general (1904-34), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1867 | * | Alfred Kerr writer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Eugenie Besserer Watertown NY, actress (Jazz Singer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1870 | | Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-born founder of the Spartacus League which later became the German Communist Party, is born. | Ref: 2 |
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| 1875 | * | Theodor Innitzer cardinal/archbishop Vienna, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1876 | * | Mohammed Ali Jinnah founder: Republic of Pakistan: governor general; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1878 | * | W Starling Burgess yacht designer (America Cup's Enterprise), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1878 | * | Louis Chevrolet, French-born American automobile designer, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1881 | * | Joseph V McCarthy baseball manager (New York Yankees), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Fran Lhotka composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Maurice Utrillo France, painter (Port St Martin, Montmartre), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1886 | * | Franz Rosenzweig, German-Jewish philosopher, is born. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1886 | * | (Edward) Kid Ory, US musician, exponent of New Orleans jazz, is born. | Ref: 17 |
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| 1887 | * | Conrad Hilton hotel mogul (Hilton Hotels), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | Jacobus W G Balfoort Dutch actor (Bulldog Drummond), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1887 | * | John Davidson New York NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Chinese Cat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Earle Foxe Oxford OH, actor (Dance Fools Dance), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1891 | * | Kenneth A N Anderson British general (Dunkerk, North Africa), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1892 | * | Dame Rebecca West (Cicily Fairfield) author: The Meaning of Treason, A Train of Powder, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Henry James, The Thinking Reed, The Birds Fall Down; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1893 | * | Fred Hillebrand Brooklyn NY, actor (Martin Kane), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1893 | * | Ropert L Ripley, Santa Rosa CA, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1893 | * | Bert Bertram actor (How to Steal a Million), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Cal Farley ‘America’s greatest foster father’: founded Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch [1939]; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1898 | * | Theo Swagemakers Dutch portrait painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Frank Fergusson actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1899 | * | Raphael Soyer artist (Arts & Letters 1945, Depression Scenes in NYC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1900 | * | Gladys Swarthout Deepwater MO, mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1901 | * | Alice C English duchess of Gloucester/aunt of Elizabeth II, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1902 | * | Barton MacLane Columbia SC, actor (The Geisha Boy, General Peterson-I Dream of Jeannie), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Antiochos Evanghelatos composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Corry Lievens [Isabella MJ Adriaens] Flemish actress (Blue Bird), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | J Edward Bromberg Hungary, actor (Mark of Zorro, Under 2 Flags), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Gerhard Herzberg Canada, physicist (molecular structure-Nobel 1971), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Clark M Clifford US Secretary of Defense (1968-69), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | Lord Lew Grade British TV mogul (ATV)/movie producer (Boys from Brazil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | * | William McChesney Martin Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank (1951-70), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1906 | | Herman J Scheltema [NEM Pareau] Dutch jurist/poet, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1907 | * | Cab Calloway (Cabell Calloway III) ‘Highness of Hi-De-Ho’: bandleader, singer: Minnie the Moocher, Blues in the Night; films: Stormy Weather, St. Louis Blues; The Cotton Club Comes to the Ritz; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1908 | * | Frank Ferguson California, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Helen [Marie Jurgens] Twelvetrees Brooklyn NY, actress (State's Attorney, Painted Desert), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | * | Jan Seidel composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1908 | | Quentin Crisp is born. | Ref: 10 |
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| 1909 | * | Mike Mazurki Tarnopal Austria, actor/wrestler (Centerfold Girls), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Louis van Lint Belgian painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1909 | * | Marguerite Churchill Kansas City MO, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Big Trail), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1910 | * | David Lichine [Lichtenstein] Russian/US dancer (Make Mine Music), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1911 | * | Burne Hogarth strip-cartoon artist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) singer: It’s a Blue World, To Each His Own, Kiss of Fire, Stranger in Paradise, Here; actor: Casbah, Hit the Deck; married to dancer Cyd Charisse, is born in Oakland CA. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1912 | * | Herman W Filarski Dutch bridge journalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Leighton Noble singer/bandleader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Werner Fussan composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1912 | * | Willian Noel Moffat architect, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1913 | * | Singer Tony Martin is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1913 | * | Henri Nannen journalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1914 | * | Tony Martin [Alvin Morris] San Francisco CA, singer (It's a Blue World, To Each), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Noelle de Mosa Netherlands/British dancer/teacher (Brigadoon), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Nora Dunfee actress (Forrest Gump, Lorenzo's Oil), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1915 | * | Pete Rugolo bandleader/arranger (Fugitive), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1916 | * | Daniel Devoto composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1918 | * | Anwar el-Sadat, the Egyptian president (1970 to 1981) who won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating a peace treaty with Israel, is born in Mit Abul-Kum, Egypt. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1918 | * | Eddie Safranski Pittsburgh PA, orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Artur Agostinho Lisbon Port, actor (Capas Negras, Leao da Estrela), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1920 | * | Henry Charnock oceanographer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Kitty Kallen, Philadelphia PA, singer (Judge For Yourself), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Louis Lane Eagle Pass TX, conductor (Oere Orchestra 1968-73), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1923 | * | Noel Vandernotte France, cox (Olympics-bronze-1936), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1924 | * | Rod (Edwin Rodman) Serling, scriptwriter: The Twilight Zone, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Planet of the Apes, Seven Days in May; is born. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1924 | * | Mihály Váci Hungarian poet/politician, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Ossi Reichert German Federal Republic, giant slalom (Olympics-gold-1956), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Christmas F Tinto South African ANC'er/UDF-leader, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Hall of Famer second baseman Nellie Fox, who played for 19 seasons and hit .288, is born in St. Thomas, PA. | Ref: 1 |
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| 1928 | * | Earl Brown Salt Lake City UT, actor (Stovall-Operation Petticoat), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Billy Horton rocker (The Silhouettes-Get a Job), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Irish McCalla Pawnee City NE, actress (Sheena Queen of Jungle), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1929 | * | Chris Kenner rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Carlos Castaneda US, writer/mystic (Eagle's Gift, Fire From Within), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1931 | * | Uzo Egonu painter/print maker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Mabel King Charleston SC, actress (Mama-What's Happening?), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | Peter John Swales football club chairman, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | José Maria Capricorne Curaçao graphical designer/painter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | John Ashley Kansas City MO, actor (Clipper-Straightaway), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Bob Martinez (Governor-FL), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | Giancarlo Baghetti racing driver/journalist, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1934 | * | McKinley Mitchell US gospel/singer (The Town I Live In), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1935 | * | Gunter Friedrichs composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Alexandra English princess/daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Ismail Merchant Bombay India, producer (Householder), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1937 | * | O’Kelly Isley singer: Grammy Award-winning group: The Isley Brothers: It’s Your Thing [1969]; Shout, Twist and Shout, That Lady, This Old Heart of Mine; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1938 | * | David Borden composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Wibo van de Linde Dutch TV host/director (Avro), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Bob James rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1939 | * | Christopher Wates English real estate developer/multi-millionaire, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Frans Moor Dutch MP (PvdA), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Peter Brown Chicago IL, rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Don Pullen pianist/composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Lex Hixon religious teacher/author, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1941 | * | Ronald Perera composer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Francois Durr France, tennis player (1976 US indoor Doubles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Mani Kaul director (Idiot, Nazar, Dhrupad, Duvidha), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Ravish Malhotra India cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11 backup), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Trevor Lucas rocker (Fairport Convention), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Hanna Schygulla actress: Dead Again, The Summer of Miss Forbes, Forever, Lulu, Casanova, Delta Force, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Gods of the Plague, is born in Katowice Silesia. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1944 | * | Kenny Everett [Maurice James Cole] British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Rick Berman [Richard] producer (Star Trek Generations), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1944 | * | Henry Vestine musician: guitar: group: Canned Heat: On the Road Again, Going Up the Country; sideman for Frank Zappa; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Gary Sandy actor: Andy-WKRP in Cincinnati, All That Glitters, Troll, Hail, is born in Dayton OH. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Noel Redding musician: bass: Noel Redding Band; group: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hey Joe, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, All Along the Watchtower; is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1945 | * | Ken "The Snake" Stabler NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders, Super Bowl XI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Kenny Everett British TV personality (Kenny Everett Show), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1945 | * | Steve Mancha [Clyde Wilson] US singer/songwriter (Too Many Cooks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Larry Csonka NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | Jimmy Buffett songwriter, singer: Margaritaville, Come Monday, Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes; main ‘Parrot Head’, is born in Mobile AL. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1947 | * | Connie Petracek Chambersburg PA, swimmer (Olympics-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Merry Clayton rocker, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1948 | * | Barbara Mandrell CMA Entertainer of the Year [1980, 1981], Female Vocalist of the Year [1979]; Standing Room Only, I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool, Sleeping Single in a Double Bed, If Loving You Is Wrong, is born in Houston TX. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1949 | * | Sissy (Mary) Spacek Academy Award-winning actress: Coal Miner’s Daughter [1980]; Missing, The River, Carrie, The Migrants, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1950 | * | Barry Pearson NFLer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1950 | * | Manny (Jesus Manuel Marcano) Trillo baseball: Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs [all-star: 1977], Philadelphia Phillies [World Series: 1980/all-star: 1981, 1982], Cleveland Indians [all-star: 1983], Montreal Expos, SF Giants, Cincinnati Reds, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1951 | * | Ria Thielsch Dutch singer (Luv), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Arnella Flynn Rome Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Dave Wasick NFLer, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Annie Lennox Aberdeen Scotland, singer (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Here Comes The Rain Again), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Steve Wariner Noblesville IN, country singer (Small Town Girl), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Robin Campbell musician: guitar, singer: group: UB40: King, Food for Thought, My Way of Thinking, I Think It’s Going to Rain, Dream a Lie, The Earth Dies Screaming, Red Red Wine, Sing Our Own Song, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1955 | * | Claus Strigel director (Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1955 | * | William Andrews actor (Sealed Cargo), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Jan Rot Dutch composer/writer (Wrong Nights), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Jillie Mack Mrs Tom Selleck/actress (Magnum PI), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Shane MacGowan songwriter, musician: guitar, singer: group: The Pogues: Transmetropolitan, Streams of Whiskey, Dark Streets of London, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Dirty Old Town, Sally MacIennane, A Pair of Brown Eyes, is born. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1958 | * | Joop Hiele soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1958 | * | Rickey (Henley) Henderson baseball: Oakland Athletics [all-star: 1980, 1982-1984, 1990, 1991/World Series: 1988, 1989/Baseball Writers’ Award, American League: 1990]; NY Yankees [all-star: 1985-1988], Toronto Blue Jays [World Series: 1993], SD Padres, is born in Chicago IL. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Missy Cleveland Jackson MS, playmate (April, 1979), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Chris Spice Australian field hockey coach (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Michael P Anderson Plattsburgh NY, major USAF/astronaut (STS 89), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1959 | * | Ton Lokhoff Dutch soccer player (NAC), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1960 | * | Amy Grant singer (That's What Love Is, Baby Baby), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Dean Cameron Morrison IL, actor (Herbie-Spencer), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1962 | * | Mary Ellen Clark Abington PA, diver (Olympics-2 bronze-92, 96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Joop Gall Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Anil Kaul Amritsar India, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Janet Soulsby Corbridge Australia, golfer (Curtis Cup 1982), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Peter Hanson English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor (Darling How Could You), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Raymond Libregts soccer player (MVV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Dmitri Mironov Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (Pittsburgh Penguins, Anaheim), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1965 | * | Kathleen Luciano Munich Germany, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1993), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Sandy Corn model/Penthouse Pet (March, 1991), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Craig Veasey NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1966 | * | Javier Frana Rafaela Argentina, tennis star, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1967 | * | Kathleen Franey Brooklyn NY, 1.5k runner, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Corey Widmer NFL linebacker (New York Giants), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Don Silvestri NFL/WLAF kicker (New York Jets, London Monarchs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Helena Christensen Copenhagen Denmark, model/actress (Inferno), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Jim Dowd Brick, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1968 | * | Scott Bullett Martinsburg WV, outfielder (Chicago Cubs), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1969 | * | Bernhard Jr Prince of Netherlands, is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Ghalid Salamat soccer player (MVV), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1970 | * | Stu Barnes Spruce Grove, NHL center (Florida Panthers), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Marlon Forbes safety (Chicago Bears), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Noel Hogan musician (Cranberries), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Terry Vaughn CFL receiver (Calgary Stampeders), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1972 | * | Fantasia [Tonya Manley] Detroit MI, dancer/actress (Pump it Up), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Chris Naeole guard (New Orleans Saints), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1974 | * | Grayson Shillingford NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Scott Vermillion Independence MO, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96), is born. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Yazmin Fiallos Miss Universe-Honduras (1996) | Ref: 5 |
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| 1990 | * | "Moose" (the dog on "Frasier") is born. | Ref: 64 |
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| 795 | * | Adrian I Italian Pope (772-95), dies. | Ref: 69 |
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| 820 | * | Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine general/Emperor (813-20), murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1156 | * | Peter Venerabilis French theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1249 | * | Peter Nolascus Spanish monastery founder/St, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1513 | * | Johannes Amerbach Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1530 | * | Babur emperor of Delhi, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1676 | * | Sir Matthew Hale, English legal scholar, dies at age 67. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1683 | * | Kara Mustapha Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1717 | * | Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1761 | * | Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1765 | * | Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at 79. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1788 | * | John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1824 | | Barbara Krudener mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1842 | * | Bedrich Divis Weber composer, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1848 | * | Johann Erik Nordblom composer, dies at 60. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1868 | * | Linus Yale, developer of the cylinder lock, dies. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1878 | * | Anna Claypoole Peale US painter of miniatures, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1883 | * | Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1895 | * | Raul d'Avila Pompeia Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1903 | * | Albert Sch„ffle German sociologist, dies at 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1904 | * | Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, dies at 61. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Hans Huber composer, dies at 69. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1921 | * | Korolenko writer, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1922 | * | Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, dies at 75. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1925 | * | Sergei Jessenin writer, dies at 30. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1926 | * | Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1927 | * | Sergei D Sazonov Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1930 | * | Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1932 | * | An 8.7 earthquate kills 70,000 in Gansu, China. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Pierre Maurice composer, dies at 68. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1936 | * | Arthur Garfield Brisbane, American editor and writer, dies at age 72. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1938 | * | Karel Capek Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (B¡l Nemoc), dies at 48. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1940 | * | Agnes Ayres actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1942 | * | Vojislav Vuckovic composer, dies at 32. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, dies at 62. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1943 | * | Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, dies at 82. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1946 | * | W[illiam] C[laude] Fields writer/comedian/actor (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies from pneumonia at 67. | Ref: 68 |
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| 1950 | * | Xavier Villaurrutia Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1951 | * | Harry T Moore Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1953 | * | Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand). | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Johnny Ace ballad singer, dies at 25 in a game of Russian Roulette. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Liberty Hyde Bailey, US botanist who traveled around the world to collect and classify thousands of plants (Plantbreeding), dies at 96. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1954 | * | Rosario Scalero composer, dies at 84. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1956 | * | Robert Walser writer, dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1957 | * | Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1961 | * | Dr Rheinhold Rudenberg inventor of the electron microscope dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1963 | * | Tristan Tzara writer, dies at 67. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1964 | * | Cheerio Meredith actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Byron Arnold composer, dies at 70. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1971 | * | Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1973 | * | Ismet Inönü [Mustapha Ismet Pasha] Turkish PM (1923..65), dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1975 | * | Gaston Gallimard French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Egyptian SS Patria, carrying Muslims returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, sinks in the Red Sea, about 100 killed. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1976 | * | Frankie Darro (Johnson) actor: Vanishing Legion, Westward the Women, Broadway Bill, Riding High, Black Gold, Irish Luck; dies at age 58. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1977 | * | Comedian Sir Charles Chaplin dies in Switzerland at age 88. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | (Rose) Joan Blondell actress: The Baron, The Champ, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Public Enemy; dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1979 | * | Lee Bowman actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Fred Emney actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies at 43. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1980 | * | Oscar Romero archbishop of El Salvador, murdered. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1983 | * | Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1985 | * | George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu (age 71) and his wife, Elena, were executed in Bucharest following a popular uprising. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1989 | | Barrel Regtien student leader, dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Roger Pigaut actor (Indoptable Ang‚lique), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | | Ton Regtien Dutch student leader, dies at 51. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1989 | * | Billy (Alfred Manuel) Martin baseball: played and managed (5 times) the New York Yankees; also managed Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and Oakland A’s; dies in a truck crash in Fenton, N.Y at age 61. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1990 | * | Marguerite N Wittenberg entertainer, dies of cancer at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Curt Bois actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Orane Demazis French actress (Marius, Fanny et C‚sar), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1991 | * | Sal Provenza entertainer, dies of lymphoma at 45. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Garrison H Davidson US Lieutenant-General commandant (West Point), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Helen B M Fennell Joseph English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Monica Dickens English/US journalist/author, dies at 77. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1992 | * | Ted Croker RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Pierre Dreyfus French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1994 | * | Zail Singh President of India (1982-87), dies at 78. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Singer Dean (Dino Crocetti) Martin died at his Beverly Hills home at age 78. | Ref: 70 |
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| 1995 | * | Emmanuel Levinas philosopher, dies at 89. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1995 | * | Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky musicologist, dies at 101. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Derek Prouse writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Jon Benet Ramsey Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1996 | * | Rupert John Governor-General of Grenadines (1970-76), dies. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Anatoli Boukreev mountaineer, dies at 39. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Giorgio Strehler theatre director, dies at 76. | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Laurence Gower academic, dies at 84 | Ref: 5 |
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| 1997 | * | Denver Pyle actor: The Dukes of Hazzard, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Life & Times of Grizzly Adams, Bonnie & Clyde; dies at age 77. | Ref: 4 |
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| 1998 | * | Damita Jo (DuBlanc) singer: I’ll Save the Last Dance for You, If You Go Away; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2000 | * | A fire in central China killed 309 people inside an unlicensed disco. (TWA, 2002) | Ref: 95 |
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| 2001 | * | Joe Olivier musician: guitar: group: Bill Haley and His Comets [1957, 1958]; solo as Cappy Bianco; dies. | Ref: 4 |
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| 2003 | * | United Transit Airlines flight 141, a chartered Boeing 727 enroute from the west African nation of Benin to Beruit, Lebanon crashed on take-off, killing at least 82 and at least 24 survived. The flight carried upwards of 200 passengers. Officials said the flight had trouble retracting its landing gear and smashed into a building at the end of the runway. (USA Today, p 3A, 12/26/2003) | Ref: 13 |
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