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	Wednesday, December 22nd The 356th day of 2010. There are 9 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Dec. 22, 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah." (Go to article.)On Dec. 22, 1907, Dame PeggyAshcroft, the British stage actress , was born. Following her death onJune 14, 1991, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. |Other Birthdays)
		On December 22, 1906, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about Secretary of State Elihu Root.(See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1858	Opera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy.
1894	French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (He was eventually vindicated.)
1912	Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was born Claudio Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas.
1941	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, D.C., for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1944	During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: "Nuts!"
1984	New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him.
1989	Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last of Eastern Europe's hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising.
1990	Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland's first popularly elected president.
2000	Pop singer Madonna married film director Guy Ritchie in Scotland. (The couple divorced in 2008.)
2001	Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers.
2005	Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus.

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Current Birthdays

Hector Elizondo turns 74years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actor Hector Elizondo turns 74 years old today.

88 Jim Wright Former House speaker 67 Paul Wolfowitz Former World Bank president 66 Steve Carlton Baseball Hall of Famer 65 Diane Sawyer Broadcast journalist ("Good Morning America") 64 Rick Nielsen Rock musician (Cheap Trick) 61 Robin Gibb Singer (The Bee Gees) 59 Jan Stephenson Golfer 50 Luther Campbell Rapper (2 Live Crew) 48 Ralph Fiennes Actor 36 Heather Donahue Actress ("The Blair Witch Project") 21 Jordin Sparks R&B singer ("American Idol")

Historic Birthdays
Dame Peggy Ashcroft
12/22/1907 - 6/14/1991 English actress  (Go to obit.)
?	James Oglethorpe 12/22/1696 - 6/30/1785 English founder of the British colony of Georgia
91	Jean Henri Fabre 12/22/1823 - 10/11/1915 French entomologist
87	Thomas Higginson 12/22/1823 - 5/9/1911 American abolitionist
80	Frank Kellogg 12/22/1856 - 12/21/1937 American secretary of state
65	Giacomo Puccini 12/22/1858 - 11/29/1924 Italian composer
67	Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 12/22/1876 - 12/2/1944 Italian-born French novelist, poet, and dramatist; founded Futurist artistic movement
82	Giacomo Manzu 12/22/1908 - 1/17/1991 Italian sculptor

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