Today in History

Dec 21st
1898
husband &wife scientists, Pierre& Marie Currie discover radium
1937
Walt Disney's ground breaking animated 1st feature ' Snow White&The 7 Dwarfs' directed by David Hand. is released. Its a wonderful version of the classic fairy tale with the different personalities of the dwarfs made it memorable. Classic songs inc 'Some Day My Prince Will Come',Heigh-Ho', Whistle While You Work'
1959
Tom Landry becomes head coach of NFL Dallas Cowboys until 1988, team won 2 Super Bowls in '72,'78. He was known for his dress appearance always wore a fedora&sports coat standing on the sidelines
1968
Glen Campbell's album' Witchita Lineman' is his only one that was #1 on both adult contemporary&country charts hit singles inc the title track, Dreams of the Everyday Housewife
1988
a terriorist bomb planted on Pan Am Flight#103 explodes mid air over Lockerbie, Scotland killing all 259 passengers/ crew 11 people on the ground
 

Dec 21st Birthdays:
1922
Paul Winchell- ventriloquist'Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith/ voice actor' Tigger' in Winnie the Pooh,'Dick Dastardly'
1944
Micheal Tilson Thomas- U.S. conductor with San Francisco Symphony '95-'00
1954
Chris Evert- retired U.S. tennis player,won 18 Grand Slam Singles Titles, been tennis analyst with ESPN since 2011
Deaths:
1940
F. Scot Fitzgerald- author'Great Gatsby', Zelda' 44{heart attack}
1945
George S. Patton- WWII General known as 'Old Blood&Guts' 60
1974
Richard Long -actor best known TV roles'Jarrod Barkley' in ABC Western' The Big Valley' "Prof Harold Everett' in ABC sitcom'Nanny&The Professor co starred with Juliet Mills 47
2000
Al Gross- U.S. inventor of the 'walkie-talkie 82
2017
Dick Enberg- U. S. sportscaster on NBC,CBS,ESPN he did football,tennis, college basketball famous saying'Oh,My' the name of his fascinating memoir he wrote in 2012 82{heart attack}
 
On This Day In History, December 22nd

2010 Don't ask don't tell was repealed
President Obama signed the repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy that governed the recruitment and service of LGBTQ members in the United States military. The policy was put in place by the Clinton Administration in 1994.

1989 Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu overthrown
The Communist President was ousted after widespread demonstrations in the country. Ceaușescu and his wife Elena tried to flee the country but were captured, tried, and executed by a firing squad. The Romanian Revolution was the only violent overthrow of a communist government in the 1980s.

1937 Lincoln Tunnel opens
The 1.5-mile-long (2.4 km) long tunnel passes under the Hudson River and connects New Jersey to New York City.

1891 First asteroid discovered through astrophotography
323 Brucia was discovered by Max Wolf and was named after Catherine Wolfe Bruce, an American patron of astronomy.

1882 First Christmas tree to be illuminated by electric lights displayed
Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison and the Vice President of the Edison Electric Light Company, became the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with electric lights at his home in New York City.
 

Births On This Day, December 22nd 🎂

1989 Jordin Sparks
American singer-songwriter, actress

1943 Paul Wolfowitz
American politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

1912 Lady Bird Johnson
American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States

1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan
Indian mathematician

1666 Guru Gobind Singh
Indian guru

Deaths On This Day, December 22nd 🪦

2014 Joe Cocker
English singer-songwriter

2002 Joe Strummer
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1989 Samuel Beckett
Irish/French author, playwright, director, Nobel Prize laureate

1942 Franz Boas
German anthropologist

1880 George Eliot
English author
 
Winter Solstice,
Dec 18 1947 invention of the transistor at Bell Téléphone Laboratoires in NJ
ONE germainum point contact transistor was about like your pinkie finger tip. bought the st about 1957..1960

Today your mobile may have 100s..of millions!
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On This Day In History, December 22nd

1696 The birth of James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia.

1949 The birth, in the Isle of Man, of the twin brothers Maurice and Robin Gibb, musicians with The Bee Gees.

2000 The American singer Madonna married British film maker Guy Ritchie at an exclusive ceremony in Skibo Castle near Dornoch in Sutherland, hours after their son was christened.

1972 Survivors found 10 weeks after plane crash. The Chilean Air force found 14 survivors from a plane that crashed in the Argentine Andes. Four days after the rescue, a Santiago paper alleged that the survivors became cannibals to ward off starvation.
The group confirmed that they ate human flesh at a press conference two days later.

1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler signed the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. It was the world's first, long-range weapon and was developed specifically to target London and later Antwerp. Over 3,000 V-2s were launched as military rockets against Allied targets during the war.
 
Jean-Paul said:
Winter Solstice,
Dec 18 1947 invention of the transistor at Bell Téléphone Laboratoires in NJ
ONE germainum point contact transistor was about like your pinkie finger tip. bought the st about 1957..1960

Today your mobile may have 100s..of millions!
Jon
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Hi Jon, welcome to the history thread but please in the future no pictures or videos, thanks Sue
 
Dec 22nd:
1882
The 1st string of Christmas Lights were created by Thomas Edison
1937
The Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River opens connecting Weehaken,NJ- midtown Manhattan in NYC
1956
"Calo' is the 1st gorilla to be bred in captivity at the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio
1967
movie' The Graduate' directed by Mike Nichols is released,story of a naive college grad[Dustin Hoffman} who is seduced by a middle aged woman{Anne Bancroft} he falls in love with her daughter{Katherine Ross} others in cast, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry{ wrote the screenplay}. This was Hoffman's 1st major screen role,movie was nominated for 7 Oscars only won for best director. The music score by Simon&Garfunkel, had hit single' Here's to You Mrs Robinson'
2001
British terrorist, Richard Reid aka' Shoe Bomber' tried to blow up American Airline flight#63 hiding explosives in his shoes. The other passengers subdued him,he later plead guilty to 8 Federal crimes,is serving 3 life time sentences in a prison in Colorado
 
moviequeen1 said:
Hi Jon, welcome to the history thread but please in the future no pictures or videos, thanks Sue
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Chère Susan, sorry for that, did not know some forums or topics bad images.
As a historian of technology, my talks, PowerPoint, papers and articles are filled with images and illustrations. So it's a natural for me to include a photo ( but no videos!)

Amicalement

Jon
 
Dec 22nd Birthdays:
1915
Barbara Billingsley- actress best known TV role' June Cleaver' in classic sitcom' Leave it to Beaver' She's in the spoof movie' Airplane'80,has a very funny scene where she talks' Jive'
1944
Steve Carlton -MLB Hall of Fame pitcher with St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies
1962
Ralph Finnes- British actor 'Schnidler's List, The English Patient, villian wizard' Lord Voldemort in 'Harry Potter movies
Deaths:
1880
George Elliott- British writer' Middlemarch, Silas Marnier' 61{died on her birthday}
1943
Beatrix Potter- British children's writer/ illustrator' The Tales of Peter Rabbit' 77
1993
Don DeFore- actor best known TV role' George Baxter' in NBC sitcom' Hazel' 61-'66 76
2014
Joe Cocker- British rock singer' With a little Help from My Friends, You Are So Beautiful, 70{lung cancer}
 
On This Day In History, December 23rd

1994 Organized crime boss Whitey Bulger goes into hiding
The convicted murderer stayed out of sight for 16 years causing great embarrassment to the American Federal Bureau of Investigations. He was finally arrested in 2011.

1990 Slovenian referendum on independence from Yugoslavia
The Eastern European country joined the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as a socialist republic state in 1945. Actual independence for the country did not occur until June of 1991, when the Slovenians rejected Yugoslavian interference in the form of a 10-day war that ended on July 7, 1991. A new constitution for the country came into force on December 23, 1991.

1975 Metric Conversion Act signed by U.S. President Gerald Ford
The act made the metric system the preferred system of weights and measures in the United States. Today, the metric system is predominantly only used by scientists and academics in the U.S. Common people tend to follow the customary units that were developed before American Independence. The U.S. is 1 of 3 countries in the world that do not use the metric system. Liberia and Myanmar are the other two.

1958 Tokyo Tower opened to the public
At 333 meters tall, it is the world's tallest, self-supported steel tower. It is based on the Eiffel Tower and is used for communication purposes.

1888 Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear
It is now believed that the Dutch painter was suffering from a psychotic break at the time of the event. After cutting off his left ear, van Gogh bandaged his head and took the severed ear to a prostitute for safe keeping.
 
Births On This Day, December 23rd 🎂

1967 Carla Bruni
Italian/French singer-songwriter, model

1964 Eddie Vedder
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1963 Jim Harbaugh
American football player

1944 Wesley Clark
American general

1918 Helmut Schmidt
German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany

Deaths On This Day, December 23rd 🪦

2009 Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Tibetan politician

2007 Oscar Peterson
Canadian pianist, composer

2004 P. V. Narasimha Rao
Indian lawyer, politician, activist, 9th Prime Minister of India

1953 Lavrentiy Beria
Soviet politician

1795 Henry Clinton
English general, politician
 
1888
painter, Vincent van Gogh cuts his left ear off with a razor after an argument with fellow painter, Paul Gaigun. He sends the ear to a young woman for safe keeping Van Gogh was suffering from mental illness& other health issues at the time
1919
Alice H. Parker patents gas heating furnance
1968
U.S. astronauts, Frank Borman, James Lovell, William Anders aboard Apollo 8 become the 1st men to orbit the moon
1994
gangster, Whitey Bulgar who successfully hid from FBI & other law officals for 16 yrs is arrested in Santa Monica, Calif apt complex with his long time girlfriend, Catherine Greig
 
Dec 23rd Birthdays:
1902
Norman Maclean- author' A River Runs Through It',story of a Presbyterian pastor who teaches his 2 sons about life, grace& love through their love of fly fishing in Montana. The movie version came out in '92
1935
Paul Hornug- football Hall of Fame halfback with Green Bay Packers
1946
Susan Lucci- actress, best known TV role as' Erica Kane' in ABC soap opera' All My Children'
1964
Eddie Vedder- rock singer with band 'Pearl Jam'
Deaths:
1982
Jack Webb- actor/ director best known TV role' Sgt Joe Friday' in NBC police show' Dragnet' '52-'70 62{heart attack}
2000
Victor Borge- Danish/American comedian/pianist 91
2007
Oscar Peterson- Canadian jazz pianist 82
 
On This Day In History, December 24th

1955 NORAD's Santa tracking service begins
The event is now a Christmas tradition where the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracks Santa Claus as he travels around the world delivering presents to children. The event began after a printing error in a Sears catalog asking children to call Santa Claus. The number that was printed was the number of Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Center.

1951 Libya gains independence from Italy
The North African country had been ruled by Italy since 1912. After independence, it became a constitutional monarchy under King Idris. King Idris was overthrown in a military coup led by Muammar Gaddafi in 1969.

1914 Christmas Truce begins
A much-studied event in war and peace studies, the Christmas Truce was a brief unofficial ceasefire between British and German troops along the Western Front of World War I. During the truce, soldiers from both sides sang carols, shared food, exchanged gifts, and played football (soccer). Subsequent attempts to hold similar ceasefires around Christmas time failed.

1865 Ku Klux Klan created
The extremist white supremacist organization, also known as the Klan, was created in Pulaski, Tennessee by Confederate Army veterans.

1826 Eggnog riots begin at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York
Also known as the Grog Mutiny, these riots began on Christmas Eve after cadets consumed copious amounts of eggnog made with smuggled whiskey. The riots lasted until December 25.
 
Births On This Day, December 24th 🎂

1973 Stephenie Meyer
American author, film producer

1971 Ricky Martin
Puerto Rican/American singer-songwriter, actor

1957 Hamid Karzai
Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan

1868 Emanuel Lasker
German chess player

1166 John, King of England

Deaths On This Day, December 24th 🪦

2008 Harold Pinter
English playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, and Nobel Prize laureate

1977 Samael Aun Weor
Colombian author

1965 William M. Branham
American minister

1914 John Muir
Scottish/American environmentalist, author

1524 Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer
 
Holidays and Events on This Day 🍹🌴

Christmas Eve- Andorra, Albania, Austria, Australia, Australia, and 83 other places

Christmas Eve (from 2 pm)- Brazil

Christmas Eve (from noon)- Iceland

Hanukkah (Day 6) / Rosh Chodesh Tevet- Israel

Independence Day- Libya
 
On This Day In History, December 25th

1989 Romanian President Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were executed
The communist leader and his wife were deposed after a revolution. Their trial lasted for about an hour and then they were summarily executed by a firing squad.

1979 USSR invades Afghanistan
The airlift of Soviet troops into Afghanistan started a 9 year-long war. The anti-Soviet insurgents, the mujahideen, received support from the United States and other western allies.

1926 Hirohito becomes the 124th emperor of Japan
Michinomiya Hirohito, known as Emperor Shōwa after his death, becomes the 124th emperor of Japan after the death of his father, Emperor Yoshihito. Hirohito was the Emperor of Japan for 62 years, making him the longest-reigning Emperor of Japan.

1809 First abdominal surgery performed
American physician Ephraim McDowell became the first person in recorded history to successfully remove an ovarian tumor. He is known as the father of ovariotomy and abdominal surgery. The procedure took about 30 minutes and was performed without any anesthesia.

1643 Christmas Island Discovered
Captain William Mynors on the East India Company ship Royal Mary did not stop at the Australian island, which owes its name to the date of its discovery by Europeans. It was not until 44 years later that the first Europeans stepped on the Island. Sparsely populated, the Indian Ocean island is rich in phosphate, which is mined from the guano–bird droppings.
 
Births On This Day, December 25th 🎂

1984 Alastair Cook
English cricketer

1924 Rod Serling
American screenwriter, and producer, created The Twilight Zone

1899 Humphrey Bogart
American actor

1876 Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Indian/Pakistani lawyer, politician, and founder of Pakistan

1642 Isaac Newton
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, theologian

Deaths On This Day, December 25th 🪦

2006 James Brown
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu
Romanian politician, 11th President of Romania

1983 Joan Miró
Spanish painter

1977 Charlie Chaplin
English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer

1963 Tristan Tzara
Romanian/French poet, critic
 

Holidays and Events on This Day, December 25th 🎄☃️

Catholic Christmas Day- Belarus

Catholic Christmas Day (Suspended)- Ukraine

Christmas- India, Japan

Christmas Day- Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Angola, Australia, New Zealand, and 189 other places

Constitution Day- Taiwan
 
On This Day In History, December 26th

2004 Massive tsunami causes damage and kills thousands in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
The tsunami was precipitated by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake was the third strongest earthquake ever measured using the Richter scale in recorded history. The other two were the Valdivia earthquake in Chile in 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5, and the Prince William Sound earthquake in Alaska in 1964, with a magnitude of 9.2. The Indian Ocean earthquake killed about 200,000 people and is considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent history.

1982 The December issue of Times magazine proclaimed the personal computer as the "Man of the Year"
The Man of the Year tradition began in 1927 in Time magazine as a way to identify and showcase those that influenced the year and its events significantly. In 1999, the feature was renamed Person of the Year.

1966 First Kwanzaa celebrations
The week-long cultural holiday is celebrated among the African diaspora in the United States and was created by Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana Studies and a key figure in the Black Power movement. The holiday is celebrated annually from December 26 to January 1, and it is a recognition of African culture and heritage.

1941 Fourth Thursday of November set as Thanksgiving Day in the US
The holiday has been celebrated officially in the United States since 1863. The first Thanksgiving is thought to have been observed by early settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony after their first harvest in 1621.

1898 The Curies announce the existence of Radium
The radioactive element has an atomic number of 88 and is known by the symbol Ra. In its pure form, it is a highly toxic element and is not used extensively for scientific purposes.
 
Births On This Day, December 26th 🎂

1956 David Sedaris
American comedian, author, radio host

1893 Mao Zedong
Chinese military leader, politician

1891 Henry Miller
American author, painter

1837 George Dewey
American Admiral

1791 Charles Babbage
English mathematician, and engineer, invented the Difference engine

Deaths On This Day, December 26th 🪦

2006 Gerald Ford
American politician, 38th President of the United States

1997 Cornelius Castoriadis
Greek economist, philosopher

1974 Jack Benny
American actor, comedian

1972 Harry S. Truman
American colonel, politician, 33rd President of the United States

1890 Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
 
Holidays and Events on This Day, December 26th 🎄☃️

2nd Christmas Day- Denmark

Bank Holiday- Malta

Boxing Day- Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Australia, Aruba, and 69 other places

Catholic Christmas Day (Suspended) observed- Ukraine

Christmas Day (substitute)- USA, USA
 

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