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December 20
1790 - Samuel Slater built the nation's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1803 - The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
1860 - South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
1864 - During the Civil War, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Georgia, as Union Gen. William T. Sherman continued his "March to the Sea."
1879 - Thomas Edison privately demonstrated his incandescent light at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was released from prison after serving nine months for his role in the
Hall Putsch.
1946 - The Frank Capra film "It's A Wonderful Life" had a preview showing for charity at New York City's Globe Theatre, a day before its official premiere.
1963 - The Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to relatives in the Eastern sector for the holidays.
1968 - Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.
1978 - Former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman was released from prison after serving 18 months for his role in the Watergate cover-up.
1989 - The United States invaded Panama in Operation Just Cause and helped to install a new government, but failed to capture Gen. Manuel Noriega.
1995 - An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route to Cali, Colombia, slammed into a mountain, killing all but four of the 163 people aboard.
1996 - Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.
1999 - The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as wedded couples.
2002 - Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader two weeks after igniting a political firestorm with racially charged remarks.
2002 - The nation’s ten biggest brokerages agreed to pay $1.44 billion and fundamentally change the way they did business to settle allegations they’d misled investors by hyping certain companies’ stocks.
2005 - New York City transit workers began a three-day strike.
2009 - Actress Brittany Murphy, who’d starred in “Clueless” and “8 Mile,” died at age 32.
2014 - A gunman who’d announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed two New York City officers in a patrol car; Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu to death before running to a subway station and killing himself.
2018 - The Trump administration announced that people seeking asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico would no longer be released into the United States and would instead be forced to wait in Mexico.
2018 - President Donald Trump announced that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who had differed with Trump on Syria, Afghanistan and ties to NATO, would retire at the end of February; in a resignation letter, Mattis said Trump deserved a defense chief “whose views are better aligned with yours.” (Days later, Trump pushed Mattis out two months earlier than planned.)
Birthdays
25 - Nazriya Nazim (actress)
28 - Colin Woodell (actor)
28 - Isabel Durant (actress)
28 - Jillian Rose Reed (actress)
29 - India Reynolds (model)
29 - JoJo (singer)
35 - Bob Morley (actor)
36 - Jonah Hill (actor)
36 - Lara Stone (model)
36 - Lucy Pinder (model)
37 - David Wright (baseball player)
37 - David Cook (singer)
38 - Melanie Scrofano (actress)
49 - Nicole deBoer (actress)
53 - Chris Robinson (singer)
55 - Kris Tyler (country singer)
56 - Joel Gretsch (actor)
62 - Billy Bragg (singer)
63 - Blanche Baker (actress)
65 - Michael Badalucco (actor)
67 - Jenny Agutter (actress)
71 - Alan Parsons (musician)
73 - Dick Wolf (TV producer)
74 - Peter Criss (musician)
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Today in Sports History - December 20
1946 - Sugar Ray Robinson was crowned welterweight champion at Madison Square Garden.
1966 - The NBA granted a franchise to the Seattle Supersonics.
1973 - Henri Richard (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1,000th point.
1980 - NBC broadcasts a game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins without an announce team.
1983 - Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens) became the 10th NHL player to score 500 goals.
1985 - Denis Potvin became the highest defenseman scorer in NHL history when he got his 916th point.
1994 - Ivan Lendl retired after a 17-year tennis career.
1998 - Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers became the first player in NFL history to throw at least 30 touchdown passes for five seasons.
2008 - The Dallas Cowboys played their final game in Texas Stadium before moving to their new facility in Arlington, Texas.
1790 - Samuel Slater built the nation's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1803 - The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
1860 - South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.
1864 - During the Civil War, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Georgia, as Union Gen. William T. Sherman continued his "March to the Sea."
1879 - Thomas Edison privately demonstrated his incandescent light at Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1924 - Adolf Hitler was released from prison after serving nine months for his role in the
Hall Putsch.1946 - The Frank Capra film "It's A Wonderful Life" had a preview showing for charity at New York City's Globe Theatre, a day before its official premiere.
1963 - The Berlin Wall was opened for the first time to West Berliners, who were allowed one-day visits to relatives in the Eastern sector for the holidays.
1968 - Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.
1978 - Former White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman was released from prison after serving 18 months for his role in the Watergate cover-up.
1989 - The United States invaded Panama in Operation Just Cause and helped to install a new government, but failed to capture Gen. Manuel Noriega.
1995 - An American Airlines Boeing 757 en route to Cali, Colombia, slammed into a mountain, killing all but four of the 163 people aboard.
1996 - Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.
1999 - The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that homosexual couples are entitled to the same benefits and protections as wedded couples.
2002 - Trent Lott resigned as Senate Republican leader two weeks after igniting a political firestorm with racially charged remarks.
2002 - The nation’s ten biggest brokerages agreed to pay $1.44 billion and fundamentally change the way they did business to settle allegations they’d misled investors by hyping certain companies’ stocks.
2005 - New York City transit workers began a three-day strike.
2009 - Actress Brittany Murphy, who’d starred in “Clueless” and “8 Mile,” died at age 32.
2014 - A gunman who’d announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed two New York City officers in a patrol car; Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu to death before running to a subway station and killing himself.
2018 - The Trump administration announced that people seeking asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico would no longer be released into the United States and would instead be forced to wait in Mexico.
2018 - President Donald Trump announced that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who had differed with Trump on Syria, Afghanistan and ties to NATO, would retire at the end of February; in a resignation letter, Mattis said Trump deserved a defense chief “whose views are better aligned with yours.” (Days later, Trump pushed Mattis out two months earlier than planned.)
Birthdays
25 - Nazriya Nazim (actress)
28 - Colin Woodell (actor)
28 - Isabel Durant (actress)
28 - Jillian Rose Reed (actress)
29 - India Reynolds (model)
29 - JoJo (singer)
35 - Bob Morley (actor)
36 - Jonah Hill (actor)
36 - Lara Stone (model)
36 - Lucy Pinder (model)
37 - David Wright (baseball player)
37 - David Cook (singer)
38 - Melanie Scrofano (actress)
49 - Nicole deBoer (actress)
53 - Chris Robinson (singer)
55 - Kris Tyler (country singer)
56 - Joel Gretsch (actor)
62 - Billy Bragg (singer)
63 - Blanche Baker (actress)
65 - Michael Badalucco (actor)
67 - Jenny Agutter (actress)
71 - Alan Parsons (musician)
73 - Dick Wolf (TV producer)
74 - Peter Criss (musician)
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Today in Sports History - December 20
1946 - Sugar Ray Robinson was crowned welterweight champion at Madison Square Garden.
1966 - The NBA granted a franchise to the Seattle Supersonics.
1973 - Henri Richard (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1,000th point.
1980 - NBC broadcasts a game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins without an announce team.
1983 - Guy Lafleur (Montreal Canadiens) became the 10th NHL player to score 500 goals.
1985 - Denis Potvin became the highest defenseman scorer in NHL history when he got his 916th point.
1994 - Ivan Lendl retired after a 17-year tennis career.
1998 - Brett Favre of the Green Bay Packers became the first player in NFL history to throw at least 30 touchdown passes for five seasons.
2008 - The Dallas Cowboys played their final game in Texas Stadium before moving to their new facility in Arlington, Texas.
