- 1940] Freeway of love: California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway...
- 1948] Kiss me I'm Kate: The Cole Porter musical, "Kiss Me Kate" opens at the New Century Theatre on Broadway and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award...
- 1953] Color TV arrives: The first color (RCA) TV sets go on sale for $1,175. How many would you like???
- 1954] Beat the clock: The 24-second clock is used for the first time in the NBA in the Celtics-Rochester game...
- 1972] Bombing halt: The U.S. halts its heavy bombing of North Vietnam...
- 1978] Canned Buckeye: Ohio State University fires Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched a Clemson player during a bowl game...
- 1993] How do you do: Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize one another...
- 1999] Beatle power: Former Beatle George Harrison fights off a knife-wielding intruder who breaks into his mansion west of London and stabs him in the chest...
- 2003] Banned in the U.S.A.: The federal government announces a ban on ephedra, linked to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes...
- 2006] Hung to dry: Saddam Hussein is executed by hanging...For more on December 30th: C L I C K:
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