- 1851] "Why-Em-Cee-A": The first YMCA is organized in Boston. The Village People kvell...
- 1890] Massacre Monday: The U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacres over 400 men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek (SD). This is the last major conflict between Indians and U.S. troops...
- 1934] Double dip: The first college basketball doubleheader is played at Madison Square Garden. The Garden was rented for a measly $4 thousand as 16,000 fans watch NYU defeat Notre Dame and Westminster (PA) beat St. John's...
- 1957] Wedding Bells: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme swing down the aisle. Eydie blames it on the bossa nova while Steve says go away little girl...
- 1975] Blasting Off: Terrorists explode a bomb in the main terminal of LaGuardia Airport killing 11 and injuring 75 (this is believed to be an act by a Croatian terrorist group that was never captured)...
- 1975] "D-I-V-O-R-C-E": Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, who were together since 1969, are divorced...
- 1978] Berserk Buckeye: Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes goes berserk during the Gator Bowl game punching Clemson's Charlie Bauman for his interception of a Buckeye pass. Woody will not like what happens to him the following day...
- 1980] "Happy Trails": Singer/songwriter Tim Hardin overdoses on heroin at 40...2007] A suicide gunman shoots former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, killing her and then blows himself up killing at least 22 others at an election rally in Pakistan...
- 1989] Curtains: Jane Pauley leaves the "Today Show"...
- 2007] Record breaking: The New England Patriots are the first team in NFL history to ever finish the regular season with a record of 16-0, the first perfect regular season in the league since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Tom Brady sets the NFL record for Most Touchdown Passes in a season with 50 and Randy Moss sets the NFL record for the Most Touchdown Receptions in a season with 23...For more on December 29th: C L I C K:
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