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Dec 07   On this day in history 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)  Share it »

Dec 08   "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 09   Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 11   Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29) on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 12   AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 13   On this day in history aL votes down proposal to revive spitball  Share it »

Dec 13   On this day in history knesset votes to transfer Israel's capitol to Jerusalem  Share it »

Dec 15   On this day in history albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris  Share it »

Dec 16   On this day in history sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier  Share it »

Dec 16   Swedish Carmaker DebutsA Swedish company by the name of Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget produced its first motorcar. In 1965 the concern changed its name to Saab Aktiebolag, and a few years later simply to Saab. The first Saab automobiles were engineered with the precision of fighter planes--the company's other main product on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 16   Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 17   "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 17   David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 18   On this day in history phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game  Share it »

Dec 19   Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 20   On this day in history maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres  Share it »

Dec 21   On this day in history dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia  Share it »

Dec 25   The birth of Sissy Spacek, American actress on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 27   Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 27   United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 28   20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 28   On this day in history jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39  Share it »

Dec 29   1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 29   Hungary nationalized its industries on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 29   Syed Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer) on this day in history.  Share it »

Dec 30   On this day in history india recognizes People's Republic of China  Share it »

Dec 31   18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia on this day in history.  Share it »

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Jan 02   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  Share it »

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  Share it »

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)  Share it »

Jan 01   On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63  Share it »

Jan 09   On this day in history amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75  Share it »

Jan 10   On this day in history death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)  Share it »

Jan 14   On this day in history joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66  Share it »

Jan 15   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)  Share it »

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 on this day in history.  Share it »

Jan 22   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)  Share it »

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  Share it »