December birthstone of Turquoise slab By Parent Géry – Own work, Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org
1780s
1850s
1860s
1870s
- 1870: JOSEPH HAYNE RAINEY BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO SERVE AS A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE150 Years Ago
1880s
1890s
- 1890: GOLF WAS PLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE U.S. AT FRANKLIN PARK, BOSTON
- 1899: GEORGE GRANT RECEIVED PATENT FOR IMPROVED GOLF TEE
1910s
- BORN 1915: FRANK SINATRA (SINGER)
- 1917: FATHER EDWARD FLANAGAN FOUNDED A HOME FOR BOYS IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA–THE START OF BOYS TOWN
1920s
- DIED 1921: HENRIETTA SWAN LEAVITT (ASTRONOMER)
- BORN 1923: BOB BARKER (GAME SHOW HOST)
- BORN 1924: EDWARD “ED” KOCH (FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY)
1930s
1960s
1970s
- BORN 1970: JENNIFER CONNELLY (ACTRESS)
- 1972: ORANGE SOIL DISCOVERED BY APOLLO 17 ASTRONAUTS EUGENE A. CERNAN AND HARRISON H. SCHMITT DURING THEIR SECOND DAY OF EXPLORATION ON THE LUNAR SURFACE
1980s
2000s
- DIED 2002: DEE BROWN (AUTHOR)
- 2003: MICK JAGGER OF THE ROLLING STONES ACCEPTED A KNIGHTHOOD FROM PRINCE CHARLES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
- 2003: JEAN CHRETIEN STEPPED DOWN AFTER 10 YEARS AS CANADA’S POPULAR AND OFTEN ARGUMENTATIVE PRIME MINISTER. PAUL MARTIN, A FORMER FINANCE MINISTER, INHERITED HER POST, BECOMING THE 21ST PRIME MINISTER.
- DIED 2003: KEIKO THE KILLER WHALE, STAR OF THE FREE WILLY MOVIES, DIED AT 27 OF PNEUMONIA IN A NORWEGIAN FJORD
- DIED 2006: PETER BOYLE (ACTOR)
2010s
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