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News: 50 years ago

1953 - 1st White House Press Conference was started in the administration of President Eisenhower and attended by 161 reporters.

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News: 25 years ago
1978 - Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of People's Republic of China.

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News: 10 years ago
1993 - The imminent passage of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) stimulates the Dow Industrial Average to a record high of 3710.77.

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News: 5 years ago
1998 - Clinton orders strikes on Iraq.

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News: 1 year ago
2002- Christianity Today reported that verbal attacks on Muslims sabotage evangelism.

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December 16th happenings in history!

Births:

1485 - Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess and 1st wife of Henry VIII was born on this day.

1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven of Bonn Germany, who composed songs such as Ode to Joy was born on this day.

1890 - Harlan Sanders, founder and CEO of Kentucky Fried Chicken was born on this day.

1965 - Cynthia Lynne White of Oklahoma City, OK, who became Miss Oklahoma-America and finished in the top 10 in 1991 was born on this day.

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Deaths:

1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, writer of the Grimm's Fairy Tales dies at 73 on this day.

1916 - Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk is murdered at 45 on this day.

1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland from December 7-16, 1922 was assassinated on this day.

1945 - Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/PM from 1937-39, 1940- 41 commits harakiri on this day.

1980 - Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 on this day.

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Entertainment:

1913 - Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week.

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News:

1689 - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution.

1773 - Big tea party in Boston harbor welcomes Indians which became known as the Boston Tea Party.

1835 - Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York NY.

1864 - Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualties.

1908 - 1st credit union in US forms at Manchester, NH.

1912 - 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20¢ parcel post, issued.

1915 - Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity."

1944 - Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium.

1969 - British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty.

1976 - Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis.

1988 - Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud.

1990 - Reverend Jean-Betrand Aristide elected President of Haiti.

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1992 - IBM announces its first layoffs in fifty years: 25'000 employees. It will also dispose of some its mainframe business, which has been losing ground to personal computers.

1992 - Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity.

1996 - Underscoring the importance of parents' rights to their children, The US Supreme Court rules that states must let parents appeal orders terminating their parental rights, even when they cannot afford court fees.

1996 - Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, condemned to death for a 1979 coup and a deadly military crackdown, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

2000 - President-elect George W. Bush announces that he has selected the first Black to be US Secretary of State, general Colin Powell.

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Religion:

1867 - Birth of Amy Carmichael, Scotch_Irish missionary. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from Hindu cult prostitution, and founded the Dohnavur Fellowship in 1925.

1870 - The Colored Methodist Church of America was established at Jackson, TN. Its name was changed in 1954 to the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The denomination today is comprised of approximately 3,000 congregations.

1935 - Death of Walter S. Martin, 73, Disciples of Christ clergyman, teacher and evangelist. He is remembered best today as composer of the hymn tune GOD CARES ("Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You").

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Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987

Sports:

1945 - Cleveland Rams win NFL championship.

1972 - Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0).

1973 - O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season.

1979 - QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys.

1983 - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time.

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Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy

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