10 Timeline Memories:
1.1818] Shhhhhh: “Silent Night”, written by Josef Mohr with music by Franz Gruber of Germany is composed. This clip contains the song in German, the way it was written (12/24)…
2.1906] The first disc jockey: No, it wasn’t Bruce Morrow. It was Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden who becomes the 1st person to broadcast a music program over the radio from Brant Rock (MA) (12/24)…
3.1932] Debuted on this date: Radio City Music Hall opens to the public (12/27)…
4.1948] Massing together: A Midnight Mass is broadcast on TV for the first time from St. Patrick’s Cathedral (12/24)…
5.1968] Curtains: “The Breakfast Club” with Don McNeill signs off for the last time on ABC Radio after a run of 35 years (12/27)…
6.1968] “Twas the night before Christmas“: The Apollo 8 astronauts orbiting the moon read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve TV broadcast (12/24)…
7.1989] “Happy Trails“: Former Yankees manager Billy Martin is killed in a pickup truck crash in Fenton (NY) at 61 (12/25)…1996] 6-year old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder (CO) (12/26)…2008] Eartha Kitt dies from colon cancer at 81 (12/25)…
8.2001] Talibanned: U.S. officials announce that Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners will be held at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay (12/27)…
9.2004] Deadly storm: A tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean leaves more than 216,000 dead or missing in Southeastern Asia (12/26)…
10.2007] Hold that tiger: In the San Francisco Zoo, a tiger escapes from its enclosure and attacks three visitors, killing one of the men and mauling two others (12/25)…For more on December 24 -27:
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