sábado, 17 de diciembre de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: December 17

Updated December 16, 2011, 1:28 PM
On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight, near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
On Dec. 17, 1894, Arthur Fiedler, the American conductor who conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra , was born. Following his death on July 10, 1979, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 paroled in 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.
2010Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor frustrated with harassment by local officials, set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. His act of defiance set off nationwide protests that brought down longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and soon spread to the rest of the Arab world.

Current Birthdays

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bill Pullman, Actor
Actor Bill Pullman turns 58 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg
Milla Jovovich, Actress
Actress Milla Jovovich turns 36 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
1937Art Neville, Rock musician, singer (The Neville Brothers), turns 74
1945Chris Matthews, Broadcast journalist, turns 66
1946Eugene Levy, Actor ("American Pie" movies, "SCTV"), turns 65
1949Paul Rodgers, Rock singer (Bad Company), turns 62
1953Barry Livingston, Actor ("My Three Sons"), turns 58
1956Peter Farrelly, Director, producer, turns 55
1958Mike Mills, Rock musician (R.E.M.), turns 53
1974Sarah Paulson, Actress, turns 37
1974Giovanni Ribisi, Actor, turns 37
1975Bree Sharp, Rock singer, turns 36
1978Chase Utley, Baseball player, turns 33

Historic Birthdays

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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