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The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal’s Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic” and the most recent is “2010 – Governmental protests begin in Tunisia, beginning the 2010-2011 Middle East and North Africa protests.”

A few other things that also occurred on this day are:

1892 – The first performance of “The Nutcracker Suite“.

1958 – World’s first communications satellite is launched by the US.

1964 – First broadcast of “The Pink Panther” cartoon.

1966 – “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is broadcast for the first time.

Happy birthday to Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Steven Spielberg, Keith Richards, and Lonnie Brooks.

Here is Weird Al with a ballad about the not-so-quite-jolly-fat-man….

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “920 – Romanos I is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor Constantine VII” and the most recent is “2010 – Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire.This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution. The success of the Tunisian protests sparked protests in several other Arab countries.”

A few other things that also took place on this day are:

1777 – The United States of America is formally recognized as a country by France.

1862 – General Grant orders all Jews out of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

1903 – The Wright Brothers make the first flight with a powered heavier-than-air object.

1989 – Debut episode of The Simpsons.

Happy birthday to Ian Petrella, Laurie Holden, Sara Dallin, Paul Rodgers, Mary Brunner, Art Neville, and George Lindsey.

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “755 – An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China” and the most recent is “2003 – President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 into law. The law establishes the United States’ first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Federal Trade Commission to enforce its provisions.”

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1773 – The Sons of Liberty throw a tea party in Boston.

1997 – Over 650 Japanese children go into seizures due to strobe-like effects broadcast during a TV show.

1998 – The US and UK begin Operation:Desert Fox, a 4-day bombing & cruise missile attack on Iraq.

Happy birthday to Billy Gibbons, Patti Deutsch, Tony Hicks, and Steven Bochco.

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “533 – Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron” and the most recent is “2010 – A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing at least 30 passengers.”

A couple other things that also took place on this day are:

1791 – Virginia votes in favor of the Bill of Rights, thus ratifying the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.

1939 – World premiere of Gone with the Wind.

Happy birthday to Paul Simonon, Don Johnson, Carmine Appice, Dave Clark, and Tim Conway.

Standing 27-feet tall and weighing close to 10,000 pounds, the penguin is just about the first thing you see when you drive into Cut Bank from the east.

At a time when the sickeningly saccharine “Happy Feet” penguins are dancing their way onto DVDs and lunchboxes across America, the Cut Bank penguin seems refreshingly creepy. With its downward peering eyes and slightly malevolent grin, it looks like it’s about to pounce on the next unsuspecting passersby and crush them with its giant red feet.

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The earliest event that Wiki says took place on this day is “557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake” and the most recent is “2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.”

A couple other things that also occurred on this day are:

1962 – Mariner 2 flies by Venus, the first man-made object to do so.

1969 – The Jackson Five make their debut appearance on network television.

Happy birthday to Ted Raimi, Cliff Williams, and Dee Wallace.

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit” and the most recent is “2006 – The Baiji, or Chinese River Dolphin, is announced as extinct.”

A few other things that also took place on this day are:

1636 – Three militia regiments are organized by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This is now considered the founding of the US National Guard.

1981 – Martial law is declared in Poland in an effort to crack down on the Solidarity labor movement.

2003 – US military forces capture Saddam Hussein, who was hiding in a hole.

Happy birthday to Taylor Swift, Morris Day, Steve Buscemi, Steve Forbert, Jeff Baxter, Herman Cain, Dick Van Dyke, and George Shultz.

The earliest event that Wiki says happened on this day is “627 – Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II’s Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh” and the most recent is “2005 – Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician, is assassinated.”

A few other things that also took place on this day are:

1957 – With the management explaining “it’s not in the spirit we associate with Christmas”, a DJ on a radio station in Portland is fired for playing Elvis Presley’s version of White Christmas.

1966 – US Supreme Courts rules that the Braves baseball team can legally move to Atlanta from Milwaukee.

1970 – The Doors play a show at the Warehouse in New Orleans. It will be their last live performance with Jim Morrison.

1980 – Copyright law in the US is changed to also include computer programs.

Happy birthday to Mayim Bialik, Hank Williams III, Sheila E, Dickey Betts, Dionne Warwick, and Bob Barker.