New Years Eve
Blitz of tobacco ads on radio and television [they are to be banned from the airwaves the next day], 1970
Donna Summer's Birthday, 1948
John Denver's Birthday, 1943
Ben Kingsley's Birthday, 1943
Ellis Island Opens, 1890
George C. Marshall's Birthday, 1880
Ben Johnson's Birthday, 1961
Tracey Ullman's Birthday, 1959
Davy Jones' Birthday, 1946
Sandy Koufax's Birthday, 1935
Bo Diddley's Birthday, 1928
Bert Parks' Birthday, 1914
Simon Guggenheim's Birthday, 1867
Rudyard Kipling's Birthday, 1865
Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sinks in storm, 1862
Ted Danson's Birthday, 1947
Marianne Faithfull's Birthday, 1946
Mary Tyler Moore's Birthday, 1936
Tom Bradley's Birthday, 1917
Grigori Rasputin assassinated, 1916
Sioux uprising ends, Massacre at Wounded Knee [SD], last major conflict between Indians and U.S., 1890
Texas admitted as 28th State, 1845
William Gladstone's Birthday, 1809
Andrew Johnson's Birthday, 1808
Denzel Washington's Birthday, 1954
Hubie Green's Birthday, 1946
John Akers' Birthday, 1934
Great Messina [Italy] Earthquake, 1908
Woodrow Wilson's Birthday, 1856
Iowa admitted as 29th State, 1846
John C. Calhoun is first Vice President to resign, 1832
John Molson's Birthday, 1763
Simultaneous terrorist attacks on Rome and Vienna airports, 1985
Blizzard of '47 hits New York City, 1947
Radio City Music Hall opens, 1932
Marlene Dietrich's Birthday, 1901
Louis Pasteur's Birthday, 1822
Johannes Kepler's Birthday, 1571
Ozzy Smith's Birthday, 1954
Carlton Fisk's Birthday, 1947
Alan King's Birthday, 1927
Steve Allen's Birthday, 1921
Mao Tse-Tung's Birthday, 1893
Henry Miller's Birthday, 1891
Washington beats Hessians at Battle of Trenton, 1776
Christmas Day
Rickey Henderson's Birthday, 1958
Annie Lennox's Birthday, 1954
"Sissy" Spacek's Birthday, 1949
Barbara Mandrell's Birthday, 1948
Jimmy Buffett's Birthday, 1946
Larry Csonka's Birthday, 1946
Ken Stabler's Birthday, 1945
Anwar El-Sadat's Birthday, 1918
Humphrey Bogart's Birthday, 1899
Clara Barton's Birthday, 1821
Washington crosses the Delaware, 1776
Isaac Newton's Birthday, 1642
Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor, A.D. 800
Christmas Eve
Apollo 8 crew is first to see far side of moon, 1968
Howard Hughes' Birthday, 1905
James Prescott Joule's Birthday, 1818
U.S. and Britain sign Treaty of Ghent, ending War of 1812, 1814
Kit Carson's Birthday, 1809
Benjamin Rush's Birthday, 1745
"Voyager" completes first ever non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world, 1986
Reagan orders sanctions against Polish government in response to imposition of martial law, 1981
Congress passes law declaring that metric system will be phased in as basic system of measurement, 1975
"Free Agency" arrives in Major League Baseball, 1973
Tojo Hideki executed, 1948
Transistor invented, 1947
Federal Reserve System established, 1913
Joseph Smith's Birthday, 1805
Colo's Birthday [first gorilla born in captivity], 1956
Jan Stephenson's Birthday, 1951
Ray Guy's Birthday, 1949
Steve Garvey's Birthday, 1948
Diane Sawyer's Birthday, 1946
Steve Carlton's Birthday, 1944
Japan Invades Philippines, 1941
"Lady Bird" Johnson's Birthday, 1912
James Oglethorpe's Birthday, 1696
