- 0404] Curtains: The last gladiator competition is held in Rome and taped for later use as a NBC-TV special (1/1)...1966] The final episode of "The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" is filmed (1/1)...1995] The last "Far Side" cartoon runs. Started in 1980 by Gary Larson, 'Far Side' books and calendars continue to be best sellers (1/1)...
- 1863] Mine eyes have seen the glory: Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that slaves in rebel states are free (1/1)...
- 1892] Debuted on this date: The Ellis Island Immigrant Station opens in New York Harbor (1/1)...1902] The first 'Tournament of Roses', later renamed the 'Rose Bowl' collegiate football game is played in Pasadena (CA) (1/1)...1935] Charles Darrow patents the game of Monopoly (12/31)...
- 1898] I'll take Manhattan: Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island are consolidated into New York City (1/1)...
- 1943] Old Blue Eyes takes Manhattan: Times Square greets Frank Sinatra at the Paramount Theater. His career explodes after this appearance (12/31)....
- 1953] 'Happy Trails': Legendary Country singer Hank Williams is found dead in his car, a victim of a drug and alcohol overdose at 29 (1/1)...1972] Future Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente is killed on a mercy mission when the cargo plane he had chartered goes down in the Caribbean. Clemente, 38, was en route to helping victims of a Nicaraguan earthquake (12/31)...1985] Teen Idol Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash on his way to a New Year's Eve concert in Dallas (12/31). Rick was one of the nicest people I had the pleasure of knowing...1997] Michael Kennedy, 39-year old son of the late Robert Kennedy is killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain (12/31)...1999] Sarah Knauss, the world's oldest person (119) dies of natural causes (12/31). Sarah was born in 1880...
- 1959] Castro takes control: Fidel Castro overthrows the government of Fulgencio Batista and seizes power in Cuba (1/1)...
- 1967] Equal but separate: The FCC starts requiring AM/FM combo stations to be at least 50 percent separate in programming (1/1). Lots of great stations will be born, including WRKO (in March)...
- 1990] This I Swear: David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor (1/1)...
- 2007] Dig it: Boston's 'Big Dig' construction project ends. It'll be great once it's finished (12/31)...For more on December 31 - January 1:
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