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the oval office after abraham lincoln s assassination a 1988 mini series about lincoln starred sam waterston as president lincoln and mary tyler moore as mary todd lincoln moore born on december 29th 1936 is best known for her comedy roles as mary richards on the mary tyler moore show and laura petrie on the dick van dyke show she and waterston also worked together in the 1986 movie just between friends in which ted danson played her husband danson born on this date in 1947 has starred on the tv series csi becker the good place and on cheers as boston bartender sam malone boston was the home of the first ymca founded in america thomas sullivan established that ymca on december 29th 1851 modeling it after a y in england author williamsprojects posted on december 29 2021 december 27 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags the mary tyler moore show abraham lincoln andrew johnson becker boston cheers csi impeachment just between friends lincoln assassination mary todd lincoln mary tyler moore sam malone sam waterston ted danson texas the dick van dyke show the good place thomas sullivan ymca leave a comment on where everybody knows your name do you see what i see december 28 in history galileo is thought to be the first person to have seen the planet neptune observing it through his telescope on december 28th 1612 but he is not considered the discoverer of neptune because he reportedly thought it was a star instead of a planet an audience in paris saw movies on december 28th 1895 and became the first people to pay admission to watch films the lumiere brothers sold tickets to a screening of scenes from everyday life in france we don t know if they sold popcorn for the occasion another type of image seen on a screen was publicized on that same day in 1895 that s when german physicist wilhelm roentgen published a paper on a new kind of rays where he described the discovery of a form of light which could pass through skin but not bones the new ray became known as an x ray the x ray is radiation but it s not considered radioactive so if a spider zapped by an x ray bit you chances are you would not develop spider powers as far as we know the comic book writer who created spider man and other marvel comics stan lee was born on december 28th 1922 a special 2009 edition of the spider man comic book called the short halloween was written by saturday night live veterans seth meyers and bill hader meyers born on this day in 1973 was best known for anchoring weekend update on snl before succeeding jimmy fallon as the host of late night on nbc in 2014 author williamsprojects posted on december 28 2021 december 27 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags bill hader comic books film galileo jimmy fallon late night lumiere brothers marvel comics movies nbc neptune saturday night live seth meyers snl spider man stan lee weekend update wilhelm roentgen x rays leave a comment on do you see what i see beagles and bunkers december 27 in history raise a glass of wine or milk if you prefer to toast the birthday of scientist louis pasteur born december 27th 1822 pasteur lent his name to the pasteurization process of reducing organisms in food especially dairy products and wine he also developed a rabies vaccine another scientific pioneer began an important journey on this date in 1831 when 22 year old naturalist charles darwin boarded the hms beagle at plymouth england during a five year voyage around the world darwin s studies of plant and animal life led him to develop his theory of evolution america s favorite beagle snoopy appeared atop his doghouse on the cover of the december 27th 1971 issue of newsweek magazine the merry christmas cover drawn by charles schulz also featured charlie brown lucy linus and woodstock other pop culture figures to appear on newsweek s cover during 71 included mick jagger golfer lee trevino and the cast of all in the family an operatic parody of all in the family was featured on the premiere of the sonny and cher comedy hour on december 27th 1971 the show had been revived after a successful six episode run in the summer famed tenor robert merrill played archie bunker in the family sketch with cher as edith sonny as mike a then unknown teri garr as gloria and the real archie carroll o connor as a cbs censor author williamsprojects posted on december 27 2021 december 25 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags all in the family archie bunker carroll o connor charles darwin charles schulz hms beagle louis pasteur newsweek pasteurization peanuts plymouth england rabies robert merrill snoopy sonny and cher teri garr the sonny and cher comedy hour theory of evolution vaccine leave a comment on beagles and bunkers you wouldn t like felix when he s drunk december 26 in history a nine point earthquake under the indian ocean triggered a series of tsunamis that battered 14 countries on december 26th 2004 more than 280 000 people died with the largest loss of life coming in indonesia ocean waves reportedly rose as high as 100 feet a theatre fire in richmond virginia on december 26th 1811 was considered one of the worst disasters in u s history at the time seventy two of the 600 people attending the richmond theatre that night were killed by the fire including the governor of virginia two of america s longest living presidents died on december 26th more than 30 years apart both were vice presidents who rose to the presidency on short notice harry truman was 88 when he died on the day after christmas of 1972 93 year old gerald ford died in 2006 just weeks after setting the record for longevity among u s presidents future confederate president jefferson davis was among 22 west point cadets placed under house arrest on this day in 1826 for their alleged roles in the eggnog riot at the u s military academy the uprising resulted from a christmas party attended by the cadets where whiskey was smuggled into the academy to make eggnog jack lemmon and lee remick starred as an alcoholic couple in the movie days of wine and roses which opened in the u s on december 26th 1962 also appearing in the film was jack klugman who later became famous as oscar madison in the 1970s tv version of the odd couple lemmon played felix ungar in the 1968 odd couple movie days of wine and roses opened the same month that tony randall felix to klugman s oscar portrayed an alcoholic ad man on a tv episode of the alfred hitchcock hour author williamsprojects posted on december 26 2021 december 26 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags alfred hitchcock hour days of wine and roses earthquake eggnog riot fire gerald ford harry truman indian ocean indonesia jack klugman jack lemmon jefferson davis lee remick presidents richmond theatre richmond virginia the odd couple tony randall tsunami u s military academy west point leave a comment on you wouldn t like felix when he s drunk we three kings or more december 25 in history charlemagne was already king of the franks when he was crowned the emperor of rome on december 25th of 800 pope leo iii presided over the ceremony another legendary king received his crown on this date in 1066 william the conqueror became the norman king after defeating the reigning king of england earlier that year the american colonies were fighting against king george iii of england at christmas of 1776 when general george washington led a surprise attack against hessian forces on the night of december 25th washington and his troops made the famous crossing of the delaware river from pennsylvania into new jersey christmas is the birthday of the king of somewhere hot the lord of margaritaville and leader of the parrotheads singer jimmy buffett was born december 25th 1946 the first movie made from a stephen king novel brian de palma s carrie made sissy spacek a star a christmas baby in 1949 spacek won an oscar for playing country music queen loretta lynn in coal miner s daughter in a way twilight zone creator rod serling was the stephen king of his day best known for hosting zone and another spooky tv series night gallery serling born christmas day of 1924 made his reputation in the 1950 s for writing live tv dramas such as requiem for a heavyweight author williamsprojects posted on december 25 2021 december 21 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags american revolution carrie charlemagne christmas coal miner s daughter delaware river emperor of rome george washington hessian troops jimmy buffett margaritaville night gallery parrotheads pope leo iii requiem for a heavyweight rod serling sissy spacek stephen king washington crossing the delaware william the conqueror leave a comment on we three kings or more happy xmas war is over almost december 24 in history millions of americans spent part of their christmas eve in 1968 watching a tv broadcast from a spaceship circling the moon that day the astronauts of apollo 8 became the first humans to orbit the moon in the evening the crew of frank borman jim lovell and william anders concluded a broadcast to earth by reading from the book of genesis as they photographed the lunar surface from inside the spacecraft the apollo 8 mission figured into the plot of a 1988 episode of the wonder years in which kevin tries to work up the courage to call a girl he met at school although the episode clearly identifies the flight as apollo 8 the kids in the show are watching the launch on tv at school the launch was on a saturday and when the arnold family watches the christmas eve broadcast it appears to be just a regular school night the apollo 8 message from the moon reached the earth very quickly in 1968 when the u s and great britain signed a treaty in europe to end the war of 1812 word of the treaty took about two months to reach america the treaty of ghent was signed on christmas eve of 1814 the battle of new orleans was fought two weeks later the library of congress had been burned earlier in 1814 when british forces set fire to the u s capitol the second major fire at the library happened on december 24th 1851 many of thomas jefferson s personal books donated to the library were destroyed in that blaze contrary to popular belief the library of congress does not keep a copy of every book published in the u s but it just might have some copies of the popular twilight books about modern day vampires twilight author stephenie meyer was born on december 24th 1973 author williamsprojects posted on december 24 2021 december 21 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags apollo 8 battle of new orleans book of genesis christmas eve frank borman jim lovell library of congress stephenie meyer the moon the wonder years thomas jefferson treaty of ghent twilight u s capitol war of 1812 william anders leave a comment on happy xmas war is over almost on hansel on gretel on lucci and nixon december 23 in history two days before christmas eighteen twenty three folks first read this poem of holiday glee a verse called a visit from st nicholas was first published in a troy n y newspaper on this date in 1823 the poem also known as twas the night before christmas was published anonymously twenty years later columbia professor clement clarke moore claimed authorship the story is credited with establishing the visual image of santa claus we know today and with giving names to santa s reindeer from blitzen to vixen it s a red letter day for a soap opera vixen created by soap pioneer agnes nixon december 23rd is the birthday of susan lucci who was 23 when she began playing erica kane shortly after the 1970 premiere of all my children lucci played the role for 41 years until the show was cancelled by abc she became well known for earning 21 emmy nominations for the character and winning just once on her 19th try they re not all my children no only two there but this brother and sister make an operatic pair a famous grimm fairy tale about two lost children a witch and a gingerbread house was turned into an opera which premiered in germany on december 23rd 1893 hansel and gretel was written by composer engelbert humperdinck no not the singer women generally sing the role of hansel and when performed by boy choirs boys play gretel and the witch author williamsprojects posted on december 23 2021 december 21 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags twas the night before christmas a visit from st nicholas all my children clement clarke moore engelbert humperdinck erica kane grimm fairy tale hansel and gretel opera santa claus susan lucci troy new york leave a comment on on hansel on gretel on lucci and nixon attention all passengers december 22 in history an airline passenger who became known as the shoe bomber tried to light an explosive in his shoe during a flight from paris to miami on december 22nd 2001 other passengers subdued suspect richard reid and the flight was diverted to boston reid who claimed to belong to al qaeda was sentenced to life in prison for the bombing plot which came three months after the september 11th attacks in the u s because of this incident airport security workers in the u s began requiring passengers to take off their shoes for screening before boarding a commercial plane a passenger on a new york subway train shot and wounded four young men who surrounded him on december 22nd 1984 one was left paralyzed by the shooting bernhard goetz admitted to firing at the men claiming self defense because they tried to rob him the men claimed they were panhandling some have considered the shooting to be racially motivated because goetz was white and the men he shot were black goetz was acquitted of attempted murder and assault and spent eight months behind bars for illegal gun possession he became known in the new york media as the subway vigilante singer robin gibb of the bee gees and his wife were two of the passengers who survived a deadly train derailment in london in 1967 which killed 49 people gibb and his twin brother maurice were born on december 22nd 1949 the twins and their brother barry became a very successful recording act best known for hits such as jive talkin and the soundtrack to the movie saturday night fever barbara billingsley s career was revived when she played a jive talkin passenger in the disaster movie spoof airplane before that billingsley was mainly known as tv mom june cleaver on leave it to beaver she was born december 22nd 1915 author williamsprojects posted on december 22 2021 december 21 2021 categories december today in history trivia tags airplane al qaeda barbara billingsley barry gibb bee gees bernhard goetz june cleaver leave it to beaver maurice gibb new york subway richard reid robin gibb saturday night fever shoe bomber subway vigilante train derailment leave a comment on attention all passengers posts pagination page 1 page 2 page 38 next page triviazoids create a free website or blog at wordpress com triviazoids blog at wordpress com subscribe subscribed 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