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On December 17, 1791, a traffic regulation in New York City established the first street to go "One Way..."
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Also on December 17th- 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
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December 17, 2008, also marks the first anniversary of the Republic of Lakota's assertion of independence from the United States.
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On December 18, 1862, the first orthopedic hospital was organized in New York City. It was called the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled...
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On December 19th, 1843- Charles Dickens' Yuletide tale, "A Christmas Carol," was first published in England.
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Also on December 19, 1871, corrugated paper was patented by Albert L. Jones...
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On December 20, 1820, the state of Missouri enacted legislation to tax bachelors between the ages of 21-50 for being unmarried. The tax was $1 a year...
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Also on December 20th 1803- The Louisiana Purchase was completed as the territory was formally transferred from France to the United States during ceremonies in New Orleans.
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On December 21, 1879, Ibsen's "A Doll's House" was first performed in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a revised happy ending...
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Also on December 21st, 1620- Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.
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On December 22nd, 1944- During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: "Nuts!"
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Also on December 22nd, in 1964, comedian Lenny Bruce was convicted of obscenity for using the words cocksucker and come (sexual) in his routine.
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Also on December 22, 1775, a Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek Hopkins...
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On December 23, 1788, Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the seat of the national government. About two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia...
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Also on December 23, scientist Wilson Alwyn "Snowflake" Bentley died in 1931. He was known as the "photographer of snowflakes." He perfected a process of capturing snowflakes on black velvet and photographing them using microscopes before they melted or sublimated. A great feat, especially at the turn of the 20th century.
He described snowflakes as "tiny miracles of beauty" and snow crystals as "ice flowers." See a sample of his work here. (Circa 1902.) |
Also on December 23rd, 1823- The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore was first published, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel.
So, it turns out it wasn't the night before Christmas- it was the night before the night before Christmas. |
On December. 24th, 1992, President Bush Sr. pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal.
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Also, on December 24, 1828, William Burke who, with his partner William Hare, dug up the dead and murdered to sell the corpses for dissection, went on trial in Edinburgh...
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On December 25, 0800, Charlemagne was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Leo III...
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On December 26th, 1947- Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths.
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Also on December 26, 1865, The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason...
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On December 27, 1703, the Methuen Treaty was signed between Portugal and England, giving preference to the import of Portuguese wines into England...
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Also on December 27th, 1968- Apollo 8, the first spaceflight to orbit the moon, returned to Earth.
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On December 28th, 1958- The Baltimore Colts won the NFL championship, defeating the New York Giants 23-17 in overtime at Yankee Stadium, in what has been dubbed the greatest football game ever played.
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Also on December 28, 1732, "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack..."
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On December 29th, 1890- U.S. troops killed as many as 400 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, S.D.
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Also on December 29, 1813, the British burned Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812...
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On December 30th, 1972- The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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Also on December 30, 1880, the Transvaal was declared a republic. Paul Kruger became its first president...
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Winston Churchill addresses Canadian parliament Dec. 30 1941
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On December 31st, 1974- Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
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Also on December 31, 1687, the first Huguenots set sail from France for the Cape of Good Hope, where they would later create the South African wine industry with the vines they took with them on the voyage...
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On January 1, 1895, J. Edgar Hoover was born...
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On January 2nd, 1965- The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000.
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Also onJanuary 2, 1904, ecdysiast Sally Rand was born...
Sally Rand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On January 3, 1945, Stephen Stills was born...
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Also on January 3rd, 1938- The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.
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On January 4th, 1896- Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state.
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On January 6th, 1994- Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men, including the ex-husband of Kerrigan's rival, Tonya Harding, were later sentenced to prison.
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On January 7, 1942- The World War II siege of Bataan began.
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On January 10th, 1861- Florida seceded from the Union.
Gez, who let'em back in? |
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On January 12, 1943, Tucker Frederickson was born...
Tucker Frederickson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Also on January 12th, 1971- The sitcom "All in the Family" premiered on CBS.
Those were the days. |
On January 13th, 1128- The Pope recognizes The Knights Templars.
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On January 14th, 1969- An explosion ripped through the U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise off Hawaii, killing 25 crew members.
(Thought Sophie Tucker was a country western singer?) |
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January 16, 1986
First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force. |
Also on January 16th ,1969- Two manned Soviet Soyuz spaceships became the first vehicles to dock in space and transfer personnel.
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On January 17th, 1806- Thomas Jefferson's daughter, Martha, gave birth to James Madison Randolph, the first child born in the White House.
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On January 15th,as in a couple of days back, in 1948 Ronnie Van Zant was born....:)
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On January 18th, 1778 Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (later known as the Hawaiian Islands.)
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On January 19th, 1978 - The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
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Also on January 20th, 1981- Iran released 52 Americans held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan.
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Also on January 21st, 1994- A jury in Manassas, Va., acquitted Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband, John, whom she'd accused of sexually assaulting her.
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On January 22nd, 1968- "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premiered on NBC.
Also on this day in 1970 The Boeing 747 went on its first regularly scheduled commercial flight, from New York to London. It's a twofer day, sock it to me! |
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On January 23rd, 1973- President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
Think the last guys left on April 30, 1975. |
Also on January 23, 1964,Mariska Hargitay was born...
Mariska Hargitay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On January 24, 1848-Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill.
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Also on January 24, 1961, Nastassja Kinski was born...
Nastassja Kinski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On January, 25th,1971- Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
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On January 26th, 1998- President Bill Clinton denied having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, telling reporters, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
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Also on January 27th, 1880- Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
So, 129 years ago no walking in a room and flipping a switch to get light. |
On January 28th, 1986- The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members.
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Also on January 29th in 1995- The San Francisco 49ers became the first team to win five Super Bowl titles when they beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.
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Also on January 29th in 1845 "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
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On January 30th, 1933- The first episode of the "Lone Ranger" was broadcast on radio station WXYZ in Detroit.
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Also on January 30, 1937, Vanessa Redgrave was born...
Vanessa Redgrave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Also on January 31th, 1948- Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist.
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On February 1st, 2004 Janet Jackson's famous "wardrobe malfunction" occurred at Super Bowl XXXVIII.
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Also on February 1, 1965, Princess Stephanie of Monaco was born...
Princess Stéphanie of Monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On February 2nd, 1887- The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
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On February 3, 1690- The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
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Also on February 3, 1947, Melanie Safka was born...
Melanie Safka - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
50 years ago today....the day the music died
Buddy Holly....you rocked! |
and on February 3rd in 1984: First baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach, CA
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Also on February 4th, 1783- Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.
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On February 5th, 1994- White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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Also on February 5, 1946, Charlotte Rampling was born...
Charlotte Rampling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On February 6th 1933- The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. It moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
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Also on February 6, 1931, Mamie Van Doren was born...
Mamie Van Doren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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