viernes, 24 de diciembre de 2010

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On This Day in HistoryFriday, December 24th
The 358th day of 2010.
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On Dec. 24, 1992, President Bush pardoned former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and five others in the Iran-Contra scandal. (Go to article.)On Dec. 241907I. F. Stonethe American journalist famous for his witty commentary in his newsletter, "I.F. Stone's Weekly", was born.Following his death on June 18,1989his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On December 24, 1859Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about congressional debates over slavery, William Henry Seward's famous "Irrepressible Conflict" speech, and the presidential election of 1860. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1814The War of 1812 officially ended as the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium.
1851Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes.
1865The Ku Klux Klan was founded as a private social club by several Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tenn.
1871Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" had its world premiere in Cairo, Egypt, to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal.
1906Canadian physicist Reginald A. Fessenden became the first person to broadcast a music program over radio, from Brant Rock, Mass.
1920Enrico Caruso gave his last public performance, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
1943President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces during World War II.
1968The Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve TV broadcast.
2002Laci Peterson was reported missing from her Modesto, Calif., home, by her husband, Scott, who was later convicted of murdering her and their unborn son.
2009The Senate passed health care legislation, 60-39, in the chamber's first Christmas Eve vote since 1895.
2009A woman jumped barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he was walking down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass; the pope was unhurt.

Current Birthdays
Ryan Seacrest turns 36 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg TV personality Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol") turns 36 years old today.

83Mary Higgins Clark
Mystery writer
70Anthony Fauci
Public health official
64Jeff Sessions
U.S. senator, R-Ala.
44Diedrich Bader
Actor ("The Drew Carey Show")
39Ricky Martin
Singer
37Stephenie Meyer
Author ("Twilight" series)
Historic Birthdays
I. F. Stone
 
12/24/1907 - 6/18/1989
American journalist 

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60William Paterson
12/24/1745 - 9/9/1806
Irish-born American governor of New Jersey

58Kit Carson
12/24/1809 - 5/23/1868
American frontiersman and folk hero

65Matthew Arnold
12/24/1822 - 4/15/1888
English poet and social critic

73Michael Curtiz
12/24/1886 - 4/10/1962
Hungarian-born American film director

22Georges-Marie Guynemer
12/24/1894 - 9/11/1917
French World War I combat pilot

60Baby Dodds
12/24/1898 - 2/14/1959
American jazz musician

70Howard Hughes
12/24/1905 - 4/5/1976
American manufacturer and aviator

67Ava Gardner
12/24/1922 - 1/25/1990
American actress

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