- 1823] Debuted on this date: The poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" ('Twas the night before Christmas') by Clement C. Moore is published in the Troy (NY) Sentinel...1942] Bob Hope does his first Christmas show to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska. A Christmas tradition is born...
- 1834] TAXiiiiiiiii: English architect Joseph Hansom patents his "safety cab" a.k.a. the horse-drawn 'Hansom Cab', still clippety, cloppin' in Central Park for the price of a king's ransom...
- 1888] Can you ear me now?: Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh cuts off part of his own earlobe. My question is a simple one: Why didn't he cut off Gauguin's ear???
- 1959] Busted: Chuck Berry is arrested for "transporting a minor across a state line for an immoral purpose"...
- 1968] Released on this date: 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence gathering ship, Pueblo, are released by North Korea after being captured 11 months earlier...
- 1969] Wedding Bells: Elton John and Bernie Taupin begin their songwriting marriage...1997] Woody Allen, 62, marries the adopted daughter of wife Mia Farrow, 27-year old Soon-Yi Previn. This is still distasteful 11 years later...
- 1972] Immaculate reception: That's what they called the catch made by the Steelers Franco Harris on a last-second play that won a playoff game for Pittsburgh over Oakland, 13-7...
- 1997] Guilty as charged: A jury in Denver convicts Terry Nichols for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Nichols is serving a lifetime term without parole...2004] Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland pleads guilty to a corruption charge. He later serves a year and a day...
- 2003] I beg your pardon: New York Governor George Pataki pardons the late comedian Lenny Bruce for his 1964 obscenity conviction...
- 2003] Holy Cow: The U.S. government announces the first suspected case of mad cow disease in the U.S. It is later confirmed...For more on December 23rd: C L I C K:
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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