1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail

1975 President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for NYC

1978 Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus

1980 61øF in Boston at 1 AM

1981 Porn star John Holmes charged with Laurel Canyon murders

1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce

1983 Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"

1984 6 day hijack of Kuwaiti jet ends

1985 Phoenix Arizona, gets 3" of snow

1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank

1990 Lech Walesa wins presidential election in Poland

1992 Prince Charles and Princess Diana separation announced by British PM, John Major

1997 Natalie Meadowcroft and Dan Meadowcroft are Married in Las Vegas, Nevada. "May their love last forever"

1903 The Norwegian government refuses a proposal to give women the vote

1990 In Poland, Lech Walesa wins a landslide victory in the Presidential elections

1909 The birth of Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American actor

1916 The birth of Kirk Douglas, American actor

1934 The birth of Dame Judi Dench, British actress

2005 Hurricane Epsilon dies in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It becomes the longest-lived December hurricane on record and ties for second-place being the 2nd strongest December hurricane.

2006 A fire at a hospital in Moscow kills 45 people.

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