THIS DAY IN HISTORY DEC 23
Entertainment:100 years ago
1903 - Fredi [Fredericka] Carolyn Washington, actress of Black & Tan
was born.
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News: 50
years ago
1953 -
Lavrenti P. Beria soviet minister of internal
security, and six of his associates,
shot for treason following a secret trial.
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News:
25 years ago
1978 - Aircraft Alitalia
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crashed
3km N off Palermo (Italy)
killing 103 as it was due to arrive at Palermo-Punta Raisi Airport (PMO).
Source:
http://aviation-safety.net/database/1978/781223-0.htm
News: 10
years ago
1993 - Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress was
shot to death at about 92.
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News:
5 years ago
1998 - Standard & Poor's announces that America
Online will be part of the Standard & Poors 500 Index, replacing
retailer Venator Group. The replacement of a retailer with an online
service company in the widely regarded stock market index underscored
the growing economic importance of Internet stocks.
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News:
1 year ago
2002 - At the Los Alamos National
Laboratory John C. Browne, director since November 1997, and Joseph
Salgado, principal deputy director, resign effective on 06 January 2003,
accused of mismanagement resulting in equipment disappearing, official
credit cards used for personal expenses, and coverup, including the
November 2002 firing of internal investigators Glenn Walp and Steven
Doran.
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December 23rd happenings in history!
Births:
1777 - Aleksandr I P Romanov, Tsar
of Russia from 1801-1825 was born.
1790 - Jean-François Champollion, deciphered Egyptian
hieroglyphics.
1805 - Joseph Smith Jr of Sharon VT, founder of Mormon church was
born.
1918 - Helmut Schmidt Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974-82) was
born.
1948 - Jack Ham, NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers) was
born.
1949 - Susan Lucci of Scarsdale N.Y., actress of 'All My
Children' was born.
1953 - Tatsumi Fujinami, wrestler foe WWF/NWA was born.
1960 - Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela was born.
1963 - Jim Harbaugh NFL quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts was
born.
1977 - Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia in 1996 was
born.
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Deaths:
1948 - Hideki Tojo, Japan
Prime Minister and 6 other Japanese hanged for war crimes by U.S.
1975 - Richard S Welch, C.I.A. station chief in Athens was shot
dead.
1982 - Jack Webb, actor Joe Friday of Dragnet dies of a
heart attack at 62.
1985 - James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18) commit suicide,
sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal
messages.
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Discoveries:
1672 - Giovanni Cassini
discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn.
1690 - John Flamsteed observes
Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered.
Entertainment:
1938 - Margaret Hamilton's
Wicked Witch of the West costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of
Oz"; she is severely burned and off the film for over one month.
1973 - "The Young and the
Restless" premieres on TV.
1997 - Woody Allen, 62 weds
Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow.
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Inventions:
1834 - Joseph Hansom of London
receives patent for Hansom cabs.
1907 - 1st all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona PA.
1919 - Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace.
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News:
1779 - Benedict Arnold
court-martialed for improper conduct.
1788 - Maryland votes to cede a 10 square mile area for District
of Columbia.
1793 - Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies.
1862 - Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon,
outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis.
1867 - 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair
straightener).
1876 - Turkey's 1st
constitution proclaimed.
1888 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear.
1899 - Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of
Baghdad railway.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson
signs Federal Reserve Act into law.
1919 - 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel
launched.
1920 - Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own
parliament.
1922 - BBC Radio began daily newscasts.
1928 - NBC sets up a permanent,
coast-to-coast radio network.
1930 - Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in
New York, N.Y.
1941 - American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese.
1943 - General Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for
D-day.
1946 - Highest ridership in NYC subway history (8.8 million
passengers).
1951 - Last Belgian communities get electricity.
1961 - Fidel Castro announces
Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion
for $62 million worth of food & medical supplies.
1962 - Cuba starts returning US prisoners from the Bay of Pigs
invasion.
1964 - India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed.
1968 - 1st documented US case of space motion sickness.
1968 - 82 members of US intelligence ship 'Pueblo' released by
North Korea.
1968 - Borman, Lovell & Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon.
1968 - North Korea releases Pueblo crew
1970 - New York World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1972 - 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70 days, survived by
cannibalism.
1972 - 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000
die.
1973 - "The Young and the Restless" premieres on TV.
1975 - Congress passes Metric Conversion Act.
1997 -Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in
Oklahoma bombing.
1997 - U.S. Agriculture Department estimates it costs $149,820 to
raise a child to 18.
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Publications:
1823 "Visit from St Nicholas"
by C Moore published in Troy (New York) Sentinel
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Religion:
1751 - France sets plan to tax
clergymen.
1776 - Thomas Paine writes
"These are the times that try men's souls".
1841 - Birth of Handley C.G. Moule, Anglican theologian. He
succeeded B.F. Westcott in 1901 as Bishop of Durham. A profound scholar,
he could nevertheless speak and write for ordinary people, and published
commentaries on nearly all of Paul's letters in the New Testament.
1950 - Pope Pius XII declared that the tomb of St. Peter had been
discovered beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis:
Bethany House, 1987
Sports:
1946 - University of Tennessee
refuses to play Duquesne University, because they may use a black player
in their basketball game.
1972 - "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat
with a last second touchdown reception against the Raiders to win 13-7.
1997 - Chicago Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500
wins (682 games).
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Compiled by
Ramesh C. Reddy
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