1953 The Delaware Water Gap Bridge, linking New Jersey with Pennsylvania, opens to traffic.

1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48

1960 134 die when a United DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collide in the skies over New York City.

1962 Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nep l adopts new constitution

1963 Kenya joins the United Nations.

1965 Gemini 6 returns to Earth

1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit

1965 W Somerset Maugham English author ("Of Human Bondage"), dies at 91

1966 Beatles release "Everywhere it's Christmas" in the UK

1969 "War is Over! If You Want It, Happy Christmas from John & Yoko" posters begin appearing

1970 The first successful landing on Venus (USSR)

1971 Pakistan army surrenders to Indian army in Bangladesh

1972 Miami Dolphins become first undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)

1973 O.J. Simpson becomes first NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season

1976 George a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months

1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis

1978 Cleveland, Ohio, become the first city in the post-Depression era to default on its loans.

1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR

1980 Pres-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as secretary of state

1983 Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital

1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time

1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission

1985 Paul Castellano Organized-crime chief shot dead by a NYC restaurant

1987 Roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea

1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud

1991 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote

1992 IBM said it would make its first layoffs in fifty years. The company announced it would trim its staff by 25,000 employees and dispose of some of the assets of its mainframebusiness.

1992 Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity

1996 IBM announced on this day in 1996 it would stop selling computers that used that PowerPC chip and ran Windows NT. IBM, Motorola, and Apple had teamed up to challenge Intel Corporation's dominance in chips and Microsoft's near monopoly on operating systems

1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes 'Lord protector of England'

1773 Boston Tea Party' , when the 'Sons of Liberty' dumped 18,000 worth of tea in the Boston harbor

1809 Marriage between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine disolved after thirteen years

1952 Lord Mountbatten appointed as chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean

1485 The birth of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife

1775 The birth of Jane Austen, English novelist

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