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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 23, 2018 6:29:39 GMT -5
Today in History
December 23,1783 General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in Chief of the Army to Congress.
Events in Film and Television
December 23,1928 NBC sets up a permanent,coast to coast radio network
Born on This Day
December 23,1795 Philippe Vandermaelen,Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universal)
Today in Sports
December 23,1951 1st coast to coast televised football game(Dumont paid $75,000)LA Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 on NFL championship game
December 23,1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against the Raiders to win 13-7
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Post by Jeppers on Dec 23, 2018 16:33:40 GMT -5
December 23,1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against the Raiders to win 13-7 That ball hit the ground. Franco Harris said he picked it up off the turf.
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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 23, 2018 16:40:03 GMT -5
That ball hit the ground. Franco Harris said he picked it up off the turf. I knew you'd have something to say about that one.
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Post by Divebitch on Dec 23, 2018 17:07:18 GMT -5
That ball hit the ground. Franco Harris said he picked it up off the turf. " style="max-width:100%;"] I knew you'd have something to say about that one. So did I.
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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 24, 2018 10:17:57 GMT -5
Today in History
December 24,1814 A treaty of peace between the United States and Great Britain,ending the war of 1812,is signed at Ghent,Belgium. The news does not reach the United States until two weeks later (after decisive American Victory at New Orleans
December 24,1963 New York's Idlewild Airport is renamed JFK Airport in honor of the murdered President Kennedy
Events in Film and Television
December 24,1970 Walt Disney's "Aristocats" is released
Born on this Day
December 24,1809 Christopher Kit Carson,one of the most famous mountain men and scouts in the West. Born in Madison County,Kentucky
December 24,1923 George Patton IV,American general born in Boston,Massachusetts
Today in Sports
December 24,1950 Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game
December 24,1974 Cardnials' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 25, 2018 7:28:26 GMT -5
Today in History
December 25,1776 Patriot General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 troops during the American Revolution.Washington hoped to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Christmas at their winter quarters in Trenton,New Jersey
Events in Film and Television
December 25,1963 Walt Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" is released
December 25,1967 Singer Paul McCartney & Actress Jane Asher get engaged
Born on this Day
December 25,1821 Clara Barton,American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross,born in North Oxford,Massachuetts
December 25,1890 Robert Ripley,collector of odd facts (Believe it or Not),born in Santa Rosa,California
Music History on this Day
December 25,1896 "Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Phillip Sousa
Today in Sports
December 25,1888 1st indoor baseball game played at fairgrounds in Philadelphia
December 25, 1956 Detroit's future Hall of Fame right wing Gordie Howe picks up a Christmas hat-trick & 3 assists in Red Wings 8-1 win over NY Rangers; the most points he scores in a single game in entire NHL career
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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 27, 2018 10:35:49 GMT -5
Today in History
December 27,1831 HMS Beagle,with Charles Darwin on board,departs from Plymouth.It will eventually visit the Galapagos Islands where Darwin will form his theories on evolution.
December 27,2004 Radiation reaches Earth from the brightest extrasolar event ever witnessed,an explosion of magnetar SGR 1806-20.
Events in Film and Television
December 27,1937 Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
December 27,1947 The 1st "Howdy Doody Show (Puppet Playhouse),telecast on NBC
Born on this Day
December 27,1822 Louis Pasteur,French bacteriologist (Invented Pasteurization),born in Dole,France
December 27,1913 Elizabeth Smart,Canadian author (By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept)born in Ottawa,Ontario
Music History on this Day
December 27,1932 Radio City Music Hall opens in New York City
Today in Sports
December 27,1892 NC Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
December 27,1959 Baltimore Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
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Post by Steelers 1954 on Dec 28, 2018 11:04:17 GMT -5
Today in History
December 28,1846 Iowa is admitted as the 29th State of the Union
December 28,1904 Farmers in Georgia burn two million bales of cotton to prop up falling prices
Events in Film & Television
December 28,1934 Film "Bright Eyes" premieres starring Shirley Temple and featured the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop"
Born on this Day
December 28,1856 Woodrow Wilson,28th US President and 1919 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,born in Staunton City,Virginia
December 28,1927 Anne Armstrong,US Ambassador and first female counsel to the President,born in New Orleans,Louisiana
Music History on this Day
December 28,1968 Beatles' "White Album" goes #1 stays #1 for 9 weeks
Today in Sports
December 28,1958 "The Greatest Game Ever Played", Baltimore Colts beat New York Giants 23-17 in the very first sudden-death overtime game in NFL history (17 future members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were involved in the game)
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