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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012

Today is Thursday, December 20, the 355th day of 2011. There are 11 days left in the year0069 ― General Vespasianus occupies Rome 1192 ― Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna 1879 ― Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1919 ― U.S. House of Representatives restricts immigration 1922 ― Fourteen republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR) 1949 ― Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast" premieres 1957 ― Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for national service 1963 ― Berlin Wall opens for first time to West Berliners 1977 ― First Space walk made by G. Grechko from Salyut 1999 ― Portugal returns Macau to China 

Dec 19, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012

Today is Wednesday, December 19, the 354th day of 2012. There are 12 days left in the year.1686 ― Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) 1843 ― Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol" in England 1854 ― Allen Wilson of Connecticut patents sewing machine to sew curving seams 1941 ― Hitler takes complete command of German Army 1950 ― Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion 1978 ― Indira Gandhi ambushed in India 1984 ― U.K. signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1988 ― NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars 1991 ― Boris Yeltsin takes control of Kremlin 1995 ― Queen Elizabeth asks Prince Charles and Diana to divorce

Dec 18, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012

Today is Tuesday, December 18, the 353rd day of 2012. There are 13 days left in the year.1621 ― English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1839 ― First celestial photograph (the moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York, N.Y. 1892 ― Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet "Nutcracker Suite" premieres 1956 ― Japan admitted to the United Nations 1969 ― Britain abolishes death penalty 1971 ― First Candlelight Processional 1972 ― U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam 1985 ― U.N. Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"1991 ― General Motors announces the closing of 21 plants 1996 ― TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system

Dec 17, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2012

Today is Monday, December 17, the 352nd day of 2012. There are 14 days left in the year.1538 ― Pope Paul III excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 1718 ― England declares war on Spain 1777 ― France recognizes independence of English colonies in America 1790 ― Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1923 ― Greek king George II overthrown by army/republic 1926 ― German Marx government falls due to cooperation with red army 1942 ― Allies in London sentence German war criminals 1962 ― Beatles first British TV appearance (People & Places) 1965 ― Largest newspaper; Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents) 1978 ―OPEC raises oil prices 18 percent

Dec 16, 2012

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2012

Today is Saturday, December 15, the 350th day of 2012. There are 16 days left in the year.1593 ― State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1612 ― Simon Marius, is first to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope 1877 ― Thomas Edison patents phonograph 1891 ― James Naismith invents basketball (Canada) 1893 ― Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC 1952 ― Christine Jorgenson is first person to undergo a sex-change operation 1959 ― Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" 1964 ― First time four people in space 1970 ― South Korean ferry Namyong-ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed 1993 ― GATT Uruguay Round completed 

Dec 14, 2012

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012

Today is Friday, December 14, the 349th day of 2012. There are 17 days left in the year.1798 ― David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine 1911 ― South Pole first reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen 1937 ― Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing 1946 ― U.N. General Assembly votes to establish U.N. HQs in New York, N.Y. 1952 ― Uprising of captives in Pongam, South Korea, 82 die 1960 ― Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forms 1967 ― DNA created in a test tube 1980 ― At 2 p.m. (EST), there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon 1988 ― U.S. agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Organization (first time in 13 years) 1990 ― Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later

Dec 13, 2012

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012

Today is Thursday, December 13, the 348th day of 2012. There are 18 days left in the year.1577 ― Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around the world 1843 ― "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold 1895 ― First complete execution of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony 1903 ― Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (New Jersey) 1928 ― George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York, N.Y.) 1944 ― Japanese kamikaze crashes into U.S. cruiser Nashville, kills 138 1961 ― Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann 1990 ― President de Klerk of South Africa meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid 1991 ― Both Koreas sign an accord calling for reconciliation 1995 ― Christopher Reeve is released from physical rehab center

Dec 12, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012

Today is Wednesday, December 12, the 347th day of 2012. There are 19 days left in the year.1098 ― First Crusaders capture and plunder Mara, Syria 1792 ― In Vienna, Ludwig van Beethoven (21) receives first lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1878 ― Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch" 1901 ― Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal, England to U.S. 1913 ― "Mona Lisa", recovered after being stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911 1963 ― Argentina asks for extradition of ex-President Peron 1965 ― Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales) 1988 ― PLO leader Yasser Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist1991 ― Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community 1997 ― Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 mph 

Dec 11, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

Today is Tuesday, December 11, the 346th day of 2012. There are 20 days left in the year.1620 ― 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1901 ― Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Newfoundland 1909 ― Colored moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.1931 ― British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and Newfoundland1941 ― Germany and Italy declare war on U.S. 1946 ― U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) 1946 ― Spain suspended from U.N. 1961 ― Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 20 weeks 1967 ― People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established 1981 ― Muhammad Ali's 61st and last fight, losing to Trevor Berbick 

Dec 10, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012

Today is Monday, December 10, the 345th day of 2012. There are 21 days left in the year.1520 ― Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant 1869 ― Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S.’s first) 1901 ― First Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) 1903 ― Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie 1914 ― French government returns to Paris 1915 ― 10,000,000th model-T Ford assembled 1926 ― Second part of Hitler's ``Mein Kampf” published 1948 ― U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1974 ― European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament 1994 ― European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins

Dec 9, 2012

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