SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2008

Today is Saturday, December 20, the 355th day of 2008. There are 11 days left in the year.

1192 _ Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna

1699 _ Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed _ from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1

1780 _ England declares war on Netherlands

1820 _ Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50

1879 _ Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park

1919 _ U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration

1963 _ Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners

1967 _ ``The Graduate", starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres

1983 _ PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon

1999 _ Portugal returns Macau to China