10 Timeline Memories:
1.1864] Merry Christmas: During the Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman sends a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia, saying “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah”…
2.1882] Lighting by Edison: The first string of Christmas tree lights is created by Thomas Edison…
3.1937] It will really be great when it’s finished: The Lincoln Tunnel, connecting Manhattan and New Jersey opens to traffic...
4.1965] Premiered on this date: “Dr. Zhivago” starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie…
5.1968] Wedding Bells: Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower exchange wedding vows…2000] Madonna is no longer a virgin when she and Brit movie director Guy Richie bed, uh wed. You know the rest of the story…
6.1976] Curtains: The last “Let’s Make A Deal” airs. Several attempts to resurrect the show have failed…
7.1984] Subway vigilante: New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about the rob him. Much to popular belief, the youths armed with screw drivers did not wish the “subway vigilante” Merry Christmas when he went berserk screaming “I’m a Chanukah boy, I’m a Chanukah boy. Take that”…
8.1995] “Happy Trails“: Lawrence Berk, founder of Berklee College of Music dies of natural causes at 87 in Boston...2002] Joe Strummer, lead singer of The Clash dies suddenly of a congenital heart defect at 50…
9.2001] Hot foot: Richard C. Reid, a passenger of an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tries to ignite explosives in his shoes, but is subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers who point to the flashing “no smoking” sign…
10.2005] Strikeout: New York transit workers go on strike but end a three-day strike without a new contract. The union head who forced the strike is fired…For more on December 22:
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