viernes, 17 de diciembre de 2010

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On This Day in HistoryFriday, December 17th
The 351st day of 2010.
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On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. (Go to article.)On Dec. 171894Arthur Fiedler,the American conductor who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra , was born. Following hisdeath on July 101979his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On December 17, 1898Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1933In the first NFL championship game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants 23-21 at Wrigley Field.
1944The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
1957The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
1969The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings.
1969An estimated 50 million viewers watched singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky on NBC's "Tonight Show."
1975Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Gerald R. Ford. (She was released in August 2009.)
1989The animated TV series "The Simpsons" premiered on Fox.
1992President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in separate ceremonies.
1996Kofi Annan of Ghana became United Nations secretary-general.
2004President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence-gathering in 50 years.
2005President George W. Bush acknowledged he'd personally authorized a secret eavesdropping program in the U.S. following Sept. 11.

Current Birthdays
Bill Pullman turns 57 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actor Bill Pullman turns 57 years old today.

73Art Neville
Rock musician, singer (The Neville Brothers)
65Chris Matthews
Broadcast journalist
64Eugene Levy
Actor ("American Pie" movies, "SCTV")
61Paul Rodgers
Rock singer (Bad Company)
57Barry Livingston
Actor ("My Three Sons")
54Peter Farrelly
Director, producer
52Mike Mills
Rock musician (R.E.M.)
36Sarah Paulson
Actress
36Giovanni Ribisi
Actor
35Milla Jovovich
Actress
35Bree Sharp
Rock singer
32Chase Utley
Baseball player
Historic Birthdays
Arthur Fiedler
 
12/17/1894 - 7/10/1979
American conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra 

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87Sir Roger L'Estrange
12/17/1616 - 12/11/1704
English journalist and pamphleteer

51Domenico Cimarosa
12/17/1749 - 1/11/1801
Italian composer

80Joseph Henry
12/17/1797 - 5/13/1878
American scientist

84John Greenleaf Whittier
12/17/1807 - 9/7/1892
American poet and abolitionist

65Ford Madox Ford
12/17/1873 - 6/26/1939
English novelist and editor

75Mackenzie King
12/17/1874 - 7/22/1950
Canadian prime minister (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48)

60Edwin Cohn
12/17/1892 - 10/1/1953
American biochemist

83Erskine Caldwell
12/17/1903 - 4/11/1987
American author

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