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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2011

Today is Wednesday, December 7, the 341st day of 2011. 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 1877 ― Thomas A. Edison demonstrates the gramophone 1939 ― Lou Gehrig, 36, is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame 1941 ― Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (a date that will live in infamy for U.S.) 1945 ― Microwave oven patented 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 ― Gorbachev announces 10 percent unilateral Soviet troop reductions at U.N. 1988 ― Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel

Dec 6, 2011

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011

Today is Tuesday, December 6, the 340th day of 2011. There are 25 days left in the year. 1240 ― Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev 1631 ― First predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed 1768 ― First edition of ``Encyclopedia Brittanica" published (Scotland) 1846 ― The opera ``La Damnation de Faust" is produced (Paris) 1865 ― Thirteenth Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery 1877 ― Washington Post publishes first edition 1877 ― First sound recording made (Thomas Edison) 1933 ― Ban on James Joyce' ``Ulysses" in U.S. lifted 1985 ― U.K. joins U.S. Star Wars project 1995 ― Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special

Dec 5, 2011

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2011

Today is Monday, December 5, the 339th day of 2011. There are 26 days left in the year. 1492 ― Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 1766 ― London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale 1830 ― Hector Berlioz' ``Symphonique Fantastique" premieres in Paris 1848 ― President Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms California gold discovery 1854 ― Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair 1926 ― Sergei Eisenstein's ``Battleship Potemkin" debuts 1941 ― Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army 1955 ― Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery, Al., by Rosa Parks 1977 ― Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen 1989 ― France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph

Dec 4, 2011

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011

Today is Saturday, December 3, the 337th day of 2011. There are 28 days left in the year. 1557 _ First Covenant of Scottish protestants form 1586 _ Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia 1621 _ Galileo perfects the telescope 1910 _ Neon lights, first publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1946 _ U.S. government asks U.N. to order dictator Franco out of Spain 1947 _ Tennessee Williams play ``A Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in New York City 1964 _ ``Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" first airs on TV 1965 _ Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow 1967 _ First human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christiaan Barnard, South Africa) 1984 _ 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India

Dec 2, 2011

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011

Today is Friday, December 2, the 336th day of 2011. There are 29 days left in the year. 1620 ― English language newspaper ``Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam 1804 ― Napoleon Bonaparte crowned first emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII 1823 ― President James Monroe declares his ``Monroe Doctrine" 1883 ― Johannes Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres 1917 ― Han Yong-un, found Zen awakening at Oseam Monastery, Korea 1927 ― First Model A Fords sold, for $385 1929 ― First skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien 1961 ― Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist and will lead Cuba to Communism 1968 ― President Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor 1982 ― First permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart

Dec 1, 2011

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2011

Today is Thursday, December 1, 335th day of 2011. There are 30 days left in the year. 1804 ― Emperor Napoleon marries Josephine of Martinique 1835 ― Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales 1887 ― Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao 1891 ― James Naismith creates the game of basketball 1913 ― Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford 1955 ― Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus 1959 ― 12 nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica 1959 ― The first color photograph of Earth received from outer space 1982 ― Michael Jackson releases ``Thriller" 1991 ― AIDS Awareness Day

Nov 30, 2011

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Today is Wednesday, November 30, the 334th day of 2011. 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 fire 1947 ― Day after U.N. decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked 1948 ― 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, Al.) 1962 ― U Thant of Burma elected third Secretary-General of U.N. unanimously 1988 ― Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; first time in 38 years 1990 ― Bush proposes U.S.-Iraq meeting to avoid war

Nov 29, 2011

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Today is Tuesday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2011. 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) 1877 ― Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph 1944 ― Johns Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery 1945 ― Monarchy abolished as Yugoslavia proclaims it's republic 1947 ― U.N. General 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 ― LBJ sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of JFK 1987 ― Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost

Nov 28, 2011

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Today is Monday, November 28, the 332nd day of 2011. There are 33 days left in the year. 1520 ― Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean 1795 ― U.S. pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis 1871 ― Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in S.C. 1929 ― Adm. Richard E. Byrd makes first South Pole flight 1942 ― Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston, Mass. 1943 ― FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy 1963 ― First million copy record prior to release ``I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1986 ― 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, 2011

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Today is Saturday, November 26, the 330th day of 2011. There are 35 days left in the year. 1789 ― First national thanksgiving 1865 ― Alice in Wonderland published 1885 ― First meteor photograph 1924 ― Mongolian People's Republic proclaimed 1940 ― Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto 1950 ― China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River 1962 ― First recording session under the name ``Beatles" 1983 ― Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million 1990 ― Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion 1991 ― Condoms are handed out to thousands of N.Y. High School students

Nov 25, 2011

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