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December 23
1783 - George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
1788 - Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the District of Columbia.
1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)" by Clement C. Moore was first published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.
1941 - American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese during World War II.
1947 - The transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley.
1948 - Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese leaders from World War II were executed.
1954 - The first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it into Herrick's twin brother, Richard.
1968 - The 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane Voyager.
1995 - A fire in Dabwali, India, killed 540 people, including 170 children, during a year-end party being held near the children's school.
1997 - A federal jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. (Nichols would later be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2003 - The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow disease in the United States.
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison for his role in the Washington, D.C. area sniper killings, sparing him the death sentence.
2004 - Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a corruption charge. (He served 10 months in prison.)
2009 - The parents who pulled the "balloon boy" hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show, where sentenced to jail by a judge in Fort Collins, Colorado.
2018 - Amid criticism and fallout from the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, President Donald Trump pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned; in a series of tweets, Trump appeared to question why he had put Mattis in his Cabinet in the first place.
Birthdays
21 - Tori Keeth (actress)
23 - Lele (singer)
25 - Isabella Castillo (actress)
26 - Caleb Foote (actor)
27 - Spencer Daniels (actor)
28 - Liz Nolan (reality star)
28 - Sofia Black D'elia (actress)
29 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (actress)
32 - Elvy Yost (actress)
40 - Holly Madison (model/reality TV star)
41 - Jodie Marsh (model)
41 - Estella Warren (actress)
52 - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (model/former first lady of France)
55 - Eddie Vedder (singer)
56 - Jim Harbaugh (football coach)
61 - Joan Severance (actress)
73 - Susan Lucci (actress)
76 - Harry Shearer (actor/comedian)
83 - Frederic Forrest (actor)
84 - Paul Hornung (football player)
88 - Ronnie Schell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 23
1951 - The NFL Championship Game was televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cleveland Browns 24-17.
1972 - The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the "immaculate reception".
1991 - Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll retired after 23 seasons. At the time, he was the only coach in NFL history to have won four Super Bowl titles.
1994 - Major League Baseball owners approve and impose a salary cap, which is fiercely opposed by the players.
1997 - Jari Kurri of the Colorado Avalanche became the eighth player in NHL history to score 600 career goals.
1997 - Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson becomes the fastest coach in NBA history to record 500 wins, doing so in just 682 games.
2009 - Gary Patterson, who guided his TCU football team to its best season in 70 years, became the first Associated Press Coach of the Year from outside a power conference.
1783 - George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
1788 - Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the District of Columbia.
1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)" by Clement C. Moore was first published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.
1941 - American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese during World War II.
1947 - The transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley.
1948 - Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese leaders from World War II were executed.
1954 - The first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it into Herrick's twin brother, Richard.
1968 - The 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane Voyager.
1995 - A fire in Dabwali, India, killed 540 people, including 170 children, during a year-end party being held near the children's school.
1997 - A federal jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. (Nichols would later be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.)
2003 - The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow disease in the United States.
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison for his role in the Washington, D.C. area sniper killings, sparing him the death sentence.
2004 - Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a corruption charge. (He served 10 months in prison.)
2009 - The parents who pulled the "balloon boy" hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show, where sentenced to jail by a judge in Fort Collins, Colorado.
2018 - Amid criticism and fallout from the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, President Donald Trump pushed the Pentagon chief out the door two months earlier than planned; in a series of tweets, Trump appeared to question why he had put Mattis in his Cabinet in the first place.
Birthdays
21 - Tori Keeth (actress)
23 - Lele (singer)
25 - Isabella Castillo (actress)
26 - Caleb Foote (actor)
27 - Spencer Daniels (actor)
28 - Liz Nolan (reality star)
28 - Sofia Black D'elia (actress)
29 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (actress)
32 - Elvy Yost (actress)
40 - Holly Madison (model/reality TV star)
41 - Jodie Marsh (model)
41 - Estella Warren (actress)
52 - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (model/former first lady of France)
55 - Eddie Vedder (singer)
56 - Jim Harbaugh (football coach)
61 - Joan Severance (actress)
73 - Susan Lucci (actress)
76 - Harry Shearer (actor/comedian)
83 - Frederic Forrest (actor)
84 - Paul Hornung (football player)
88 - Ronnie Schell (actor)
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Today in Sports History - December 23
1951 - The NFL Championship Game was televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cleveland Browns 24-17.
1972 - The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the "immaculate reception".
1991 - Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll retired after 23 seasons. At the time, he was the only coach in NFL history to have won four Super Bowl titles.
1994 - Major League Baseball owners approve and impose a salary cap, which is fiercely opposed by the players.
1997 - Jari Kurri of the Colorado Avalanche became the eighth player in NHL history to score 600 career goals.
1997 - Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson becomes the fastest coach in NBA history to record 500 wins, doing so in just 682 games.
2009 - Gary Patterson, who guided his TCU football team to its best season in 70 years, became the first Associated Press Coach of the Year from outside a power conference.
