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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010

Today is Tuesday, December 28, the 362nd day of 2010. There are three days left in the year. 1065 ― Westminister Abbey opens in London 1732 ― First known ad for ``Poor Richard's Almanack" (Pennsylvania Gazette) 1828 ― 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed 1836 ― Spain recognizes independence of Mexico 1895 ― World's first movie theater opens in Paris 1948 ― U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite 1950 ― Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea 1968 ― Beatles' ``Beatles-The White Album" goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for nine weeks 1972 ― Kim Il-sung becomes president of North Korea 1973 ― Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes ``Gulag Archipelago"

Dec 27, 2010

MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010

Today is Monday, December 27, the 361st day of 2010. There are four days left in the year. 1825 ― First public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England 1831 ― Darwin begins his voyage to South America on board the HMS Beagle 1845 ― Ether first used in childbirth in U.S., Jefferson, Ga. 1871 ― World's first cat show (Crystal Palace, London) 1927 ― Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled 1934 ― Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran 1945 ― International Monetary Fund established ― World Bank founded 1970 ― ``Hello, Dolly!" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 2,844 performances 1972 ― New North Korean constitution comes into effect 1974 ― Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years

Dec 26, 2010

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2010

Today is Saturday, December 25, the 359th day of 2010. There are six days left in the year. 1 ― First Christmas, according to calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus 352 ― First definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec. 25 1066 ― William the Conqueror, crowned king of England 1818 ― First known Christmas carol (``Silent Night, Holy Night" by Franz Joseph Gruber & Joseph Mohr) sung (Austria) 1830 ― Hector Berlioz's ``Symphony Fantastic" premieres 1833 ― Charles Darwin celebrates Christmas in Port Desire, Patagonia 1926 ― Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan (1926-1989) 1937 ― Arturo Toscanini conducts first Symphony of the Air over NBC Radio 1971 ― Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Daeyeongak Hotel in Seoul 1990 ― ``Godfather III" premieres

Dec 24, 2010

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2010

Today is Friday, December 24, the 358th day of 2010. There are seven days left in the year. 1476 ― 400 Burgundy soldiers freeze to death during siege of Nancy 1799 ― Jakobijns plot against Napoleon uncovered 1818 ― ``Silent Night" composed by Franz Joseph Gruber; sung for first time the next day 1870 ― Giuseppe Verdi's ``Aida" premieres at Cairo Opera, one year after the opening of the Suez Canal, for which it was commissioned 1893 ― Henry Ford completes his first useful gas motor 1920 ― Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City) 1922 ― BBC sends first British radio play ``Truth about Father Christmas" 1943 ― FDR appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of allied forces 1948 ― First U.S. house completely sun-heated is occupied (Dover, MA.) 1991 ― Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Soviet Union

Dec 23, 2010

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2010

Today is Thursday, December 23, the 357th day of 2010. There are eight days left in the world. 1620 ― French Huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII 1776 ― Thomas Paine writes ``These are the times that try men's souls" 1867 ― First self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightener) 1888 ― Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear 1912 ― Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation 1945 ― Frederick Astons ``Cinderella" premieres in London 1960 ― King Saud of Saudi-Arabia takes power 1968 ― 82 members of U.S. intelligence ship ``Pueblo” released by North Korea 1970 ― 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's ``Mousetrap" (record) 1997 ― Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-yi Previn, 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow

Dec 22, 2010

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010

Today is Wednesday, December 22, the 356th day of 2010. There are nine days left in the year. 1783 ― Washington resigns his military commission as U.S. Army's commander-in-chief 1882 ― First string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison 1894 ― French officer Alfred Dreyfus court-martialed for treason, triggers worldwide charges of anti-Semitism (Dreyfus later vindicated) 1919 ― U.S. deports 250 alien radicals, including anarchist Emma Goldman 1941 ― Tito establishes first Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia 1965 ― Director David Lean's ``Dr. Zhivago" premieres 1984 ― Madonna's ``Like a Virgin" single goes No. 1 for six weeks 1990 ― Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait 1990 ― Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president 1994 ― Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi resigns

Dec 21, 2010

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2010

Today is Tuesday, December 21, the 355th day of 2010. There are 10 days left in the year. 1620 ― 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1913 ― first crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in New York World 1921 ― Supreme Court rules labor injunctions and picketing unconstitutional 1946 ― Earthquake in South Japan, kills 1,086 1958 ― Charles De Gaulle wins seven-year term as first president of 5th Republic of France 1968 ― David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash premiere together in California 1989 ― Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (he is executed 12/25) 1989 ― U.S. invades Panama and ousts General Noriega 1989 ― Vice President Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon 1991 ― Soviet Union formally dissolves 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States

Dec 20, 2010

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010

Today is Monday, December 20, the 354th day of 2010. There are 11 days left in the year. 69 _ General Vespasianus occupies Rome 1192 _ Richard the Lionhearted captured in Vienna 1879 _ Thomas Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park 1922 _ 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR) 1924 _ Adolf Hitler freed from jail early 1957 _ Elvis Presley given draft notice to join U.S. Army for national service 1967 _ ``The Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, premieres 1969 _ Peter, Paul & Mary's ``Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches No. 1 1987 _ Worst peacetime shipping disaster, Dona Paz ferry sinks after collision with oil tanker Vector; 1,749 confirmed deaths (probably closer to 3,000) 1999 _ Portugal returns Macau to China

Dec 19, 2010

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2010

Today is Saturday, December 18, the 352nd day of 2010. There are 13 days left in the year. 1621 ― English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation 1796 ― First U.S. newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) 1799 ― George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon 1892 ― Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Nutcracker Suite" premieres 1898 ― Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) 1936 ― Su-Lin, first giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in San Francisco 1960 ― General Assembly of United Nations condemns apartheid 1961 ― Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles 1969 ― Britain abolishes death penalty 1996 ― TV industry executives agree to adopt a ratings system

Dec 17, 2010

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010

Today is Friday, December 17, the 351st day of 2010. 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 1920 ― Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands 1941 ― German troops led by Rommel begin retreating in North Africa 1944 ― U.S. Army announces end of excluding Japanese-Americans from West Coast; Japanese-Americans are released from detention camps 1962 ― Beatles’ first British TV appearance (People & Places) 1965 ― Largest newspaper; Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents) 1971 ― Ceasefire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir 1986 ― Mrs. Davina Thompson makes medical history by having the first heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England)

Dec 16, 2010

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