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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2012

Today is Saturday, December 8, the 343rd day of 2012. There are 23 days left in the year.1813 ― Ludwig von Beethoven's 7th Symphony in A, premieres 1941 ― U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WWII 1949 ― Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa 1952 ― First TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (``I Love Lucy”)1987 ― Occupied Palestinians start "intifada" (uprising) against Israel 1987 ― President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty  eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 1991 ― Russia, Byelorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Independent States 1992 ― Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km) 1993 ― Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53 1994 ― Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed 

Dec 7, 2012

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012

Today is Friday, December 7, the 342nd day of 2012. There are 24 days left in the year.  36 B.C. ― Earliest known Mayan inscription, Stela 2 at Chiapa de Corzo 43 B.C. ― Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman writer, gets his head and right hand chopped off by Mark Antony's soldiers 1842 ― New York Philharmonic's first concert 1877 ― Thomas A. Edison demonstrates the gramophone 1941 ― Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy)) 1949 ― Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan 1968 ― Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather borrowed in 1823 to the University of Cincinnati; the $22,646 fine went unpaid) 1988 ― Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall Street crowds upon arrival in NYC 1988 ― Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel 1988 ― Earthquake in Armenia; 6.9 on the Richter scale (100,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless) 

Dec 6, 2012

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012

Today is Thursday, December 6, the 341st day of 2012. There are 25 days left in the year.1240 ― Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev 1768 ― First edition of "Encyclopedia Britannica" published (Scotland) 1833 ― HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata 1862 ― President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians 1877 ― Washington Post publishes first edition 1877 ― First sound recording made (Thomas Edison) 1933 ― Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted 1956 ― Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa 1969 ― 300,000 attend the Altamont, Calif., rock concert feature Rolling Stones 1995 ― Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special

Dec 5, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012

Today is Wednesday, December 5, the 340th day of 2012. There are 26 days left in the year.1456 ― Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 1492 ― Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 1792 ― George Washington re-elected U.S. president, John Adams, vice-president 1830 ― Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique" premieres in Paris 1879 ― First automatic telephone switching system patented 1893 ― First electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1929 ― First U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York, N.Y.) 1932 ― German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa 1978 ― Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus 1978 ― European Union establishes EMS, European Monetary System 

Dec 4, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

Today is Tuesday, December 4, the 339th day of 2012. There are 27 days left in the year.771 ― Karel, the Great, becomes king of all France 1791 ― Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, first published 1843 ― Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Massachusetts 1918 ― Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) proclaimed 1930 ― Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control 1931 ― "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair 1976 ― Liz Taylor's seventh marriage (John Warner) 1980 ― Two months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1985 ― "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London 1996 ― NASA's first Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral

Dec 3, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

Today is Monday, December 3, the 338th day of 2012. There are 28 days left in the year.1621 ― Galileo perfects the telescope 1908 ― Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres 1910 ― Neon lights, first publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1922 ― First successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York, N.Y. 1948 ― Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in East China Sea, killing 1,100 1958 ― Indonesian parliament accepts nationalization of Dutch businesses 1965 ― Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow 1967 ― First human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christiaan Barnard, South Africa) 1979 ― Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 1989 ― George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta  

Dec 2, 2012

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012

Today is Saturday, December 1, the 336th day of 2012. There are 30 days left in the year.1804 ― Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique1835 ― Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales1887 ― Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao1913 ― Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2. 38 minutes)1941 ― Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war1959 ― Twelve nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica1973 ― Jack Nicklaus becomes first golfer to earn $2 million in a year1982 ― Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"1989 ― East Germany drops the communist monopoly from its constitution1991 ― AIDS Awareness Day 

Nov 30, 2012

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Today is Friday, November 30, the 335th day of 2012. There are 31 days left in the year.1782 ― Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence 1924 ― First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio 1936 ― London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire1948 ― Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin 1949 ― Chinese Communists captured Chungking 1954 ― First meteorite (8 lb.) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga, Ala.) 1961 ― USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for U.N. membership 1962 ― U Thant of Burma elected third Secretary-General of U.N. unanimously 1988 ― Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; first time in 38 years 1988 ― U.N. General Assembly (151-2) censures U.S. for refusing PLO's Arafat visa

Nov 29, 2012

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Today is Thursday, November 29, the 334th day of 2012. There are 32 days left in the year.1812 ― Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia 1825 ― First Italian opera, Barber of Seville, produced in U.S. (NYC) 1864 ― Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians 1877 ― Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph 1944 ― John Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery 1947 ― U.N. Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews 1951 ― First underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat, Nev. 1952 ― President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war 1963 ― Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1987 ― Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost 

Nov 28, 2012

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Today is Wednesday, November 28, the 333rd day of 2012. There are 33 days left in the year.1520 ― Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean 1871 ― Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in S.C.1943 ― FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy 1963 ― Beatles "She Loves You" returns to No. 1 on U.K. record chart 1964 ― Mariner 4 launched; first probe to fly by Mars1968 ― John Lennon is fined $150 for unauthorized drug possession1979 ― Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica killing 2571986 ― Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for first time 1988 ― Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million 1989 ― Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract

Nov 27, 2012

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