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Birthday December 23, 1732 Sir Richard Arkwright, invented spinning frame |
Birthday December 23, 1777 Alexander I, tsar of Russia (1801-25) |
Birthday December 23, 1790 Jean-Francois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics |
Birthday December 23, 1805 Joesph Smith, founded Mormon church |
Birthday December 23, 1812 Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer (Self-Help, Character, Duty) |
Birthday December 23, 1860 Harriet Monroe, American poet, editor of Poetry magazine |
Birthday December 23, 1918 Jose Greco, dancer |
Birthday December 23, 1924 Ruth Roman, in Boston Mass |
Birthday December 23, 1925 Harry Guardino, Actor (Hill Street Blues) |
Birthday December 23, 1935 Paul Hornung, Green Bay Packer (the Golden Boy) |
Birthday December 23, 1941 Elizabeth Hartman, in Youngstown Ohio |
Birthday December 23, 1949 Susan Lucci, soap star |
History December 23, 1569 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible |
History December 23, 1620 Construction of Plymouth settlement begins |
History December 23, 1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea a satellite of Saturn |
History December 23, 1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus but doesn't realize its undiscovered |
History December 23, 1783 Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief |
History December 23, 1783 George Washington resigns as commander in chief |
History December 23, 1829 Prince Wurttemberg explores the West |
History December 23, 1862 Davis declares Butler a felon |
History December 23, 1912 French magazine rejects Remembrance of Things Past |
History December 23, 1913 US Federal Reserve system authorized |
History December 23, 1915 Vera Brittain loses fiance at Western Front |
History December 23, 1920 Ireland divided into two parts each with its own parliament |
History December 23, 1944 The execution of Eddie Slovik is authorized |
History December 23, 1946 Truman considers amnesty for draft dodgers |
History December 23, 1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs |
History December 23, 1948 PM Tojo 6 other Japanese hung for war crimes by US |
History December 23, 1948 Japanese war criminals hanged in Tokyo |
History December 23, 1959 Chuck Berry is arrested on Mann Act charges in St. Louis, Missouri |
History December 23, 1966 Francis Cardinal Spellman visits South Vietnam |
History December 23, 1968 Borman Lovell & Anders 1st men to orbit moon |
History December 23, 1968 Crew of USS Pueblo released by North Korea |
History December 23, 1972 Earthquake rocks Managua |
History December 23, 1972 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua |
History December 23, 1972 Operation Linebacker II continues |
History December 23, 1972 Islanders end 15 games winless streak |
History December 23, 1972 Harris makes Immaculate Reception |
History December 23, 1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices |
History December 23, 1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act |
History December 23, 1978 Islanders scored 7 goals in one period against the Rangers Trottier scores 8 pts vs Rangers 5 goals-NHL rec 6 pts in 1 pd |
History December 23, 1982 Road contamination prompts evacuation of town |
History December 23, 1984 Bernhard Goetz goes on the lam |
History December 23, 1986 Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling |
History December 23, 1986 Voyager completes global flight |
History December 23, 1993 Hanks stars in first major Hollywood movie about AIDS |
History December 23, 2009 Balloon Boy parents sentenced in Colorado |