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Events from History on December 23

xxxx : Boface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1482 : Peace of Atrecht
1569 : St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1620 : French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1672 : Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 : English king Jacob II flees to France
1690 : John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1715 : Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund
1724 : Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
1728 : Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin
1751 : France sets plan to tax clergymen
1776 : Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
1776 : Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1779 : Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct
1783 : Washington resigns as US Army's commander-in-chief
1788 : Maryland votes to cede a 10ý mile area for Dist of Columbia
1793 : Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies
1823 : "Visit from St Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel
1832 : Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender
1834 : Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
1852 : 1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco
1862 : Union Gen Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw &
1862 : common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis
1867 : 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
1876 : Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed
1888 : Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
1893 : Opera "H„nsel und Gretel" is produced (Weimar)
1894 : Debussy's ballet "L'apr‚s-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris
1899 : Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa
1899 : Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa
1899 : Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
1907 : 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
1909 : Albert becomes king of Belgians
1911 : Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich
1911 : Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)
1912 : 1st "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy"
1912 : Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation
1913 : President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
1915 : J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC
1917 : 3 British warships come close to Holland
1919 : 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched
1919 : Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
1920 : Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
1920 : King George V signs Home Rule Act
1922 : BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1922 : Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano
1923 : Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000
1925 : Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
1926 : KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1928 : NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1930 : Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
1930 : Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in NYC
1933 : Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death
1933 : Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die
1938 : Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
1939 : Finnish counter offensive at Summa
1939 : South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
1940 : John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in NYC
1941 : American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese
1941 : British troops overrun Benghazi Libya
1941 : Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma
1942 : Allies air attack on Den Helder
1943 : 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel & Gretel), Schenectady, NY
1943 : Gen Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1944 : Beginning of harsh winter
1945 : Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premieres in London
1945 : Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church
1946 : Belgian Council of State forms
1946 : Highest ridership in NYC subway history (8.8 million passengers)
1946 : U of Tenn refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black
1947 : Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
1951 : 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000)
1951 : Last Belgian communities get electricity
1953 : Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
1958 : "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 38 perfs
1958 : Abdallah Ibrahim forms govt of Morocco
1960 : De Quay's Dutch govt falls
1960 : King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power
1961 : 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical supplies
1961 : Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed
1961 : KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1961 : Train accident in Italy, 70 die
1962 : Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion
1962 : Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game
1963 : Beach Boys 1st appearance on "Shindig"
1963 : Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die
1964 : India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1966 : Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
1967 : Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy
1968 : 1st US case of space motion sickness
1968 : 82 members of US intelligence ship `Pueblo' released by North Korea
1968 : Borman, Lovell & Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon
1968 : North Korea releases Pueblo crew
1970 : 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record)
1970 : French author R‚gis Debray freed in Bolivia
1970 : NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
1970 : USSR performs nuclear test
1972 : "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with
1972 : 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism
1972 : 6.25 Earthquake destroys central Managua Nicaragua, 10,000 die
1972 : Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi
1972 : Islanders end 15 games winless streak
1972 : a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
1973 : "Young & Restless" premieres on TV
1973 : 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
1973 : French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed
1974 : "Good News" opens at St James Theater NYC for 16 performances
1974 : Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen
1975 : Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
1975 : Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally free agents
1978 : Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against NY Rangers, Trottier
1979 : NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
1979 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 : Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in NYC
1982 : #5422 Hodgkin
1983 : Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1986 : Rutan & Yeager make 1st around-the-world flight without refueling
1987 : Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted
1987 : assassination of Pres Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1990 : "Lettice & Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 284 perfs
1990 : Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia
1991 : NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
1994 : Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
1996 : 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
1997 : Chic Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games)
1997 : Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Okla bombing
1997 : US Agriculture Dept estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
1997 : Woody Allen, 62 weds Soon-Yi Previn 27, adopted daughter of Mia Farrow

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