TUESDAY, December 19, 2017

Today is Tuesday, December 19, the 353rd day of 2017. There are 12 days left in the year.

1986 — USSR frees dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile

1986 — Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers & accuses owners of collusion against free agency

1986 — Michael Sergio, who parachuted into Shea Stadium during game 6 of the World Series, sentenced to 100 hours of community service & fined $500

1987 — Bruins’ Linseman & Blues’ Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart

1987 — Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champion

1988 — NASA unveils plans for lunar colony & manned missions to Mars

1988 — Oklahoma’s College football team gets 3 year probation