On this day:
Monday, Dec. 1:
* Playboy Magazine hits the news stands for the first time in 1953. Though the magazine was quickly profitable, Playboy TV took 13 years to get into the black:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=425412
Tuesday, Dec. 2:
* Ford introduces the new Model A in 1927. Pricing for its predecessor and some Ford history:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=74961
Wednesday, Dec. 3:
* King Camp Gillette applies for a patent on a safety razor with disposable blades in 1901. How to care for those razor blades:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=25551
Thursday, Dec. 4:
* First Heisman trophy awarded in 1935 to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago. One woman has married two Heisman winners:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=91244
Friday, Dec. 5:
* Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks in 771. Pictures of Charlemagne's Chapel in Aachen, Germany:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374080
Saturday, Dec. 6:
* The explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax harbor on this day in 1917 was so powerful that it was used in preliminary estimates of the strength of the atomic bomb:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=173543
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unday, Dec. 7:
* Misinformation following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=509857
Monday, Dec. 8:
* John Lennon murdered in New York (1980). Lennon's family background:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=457633
Tuesday, Dec. 9:
* On this day in 1992, the separation of Princess Diana and Prince Charles is announced. Other significant events for this date:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=273762
Wednesday, Dec. 10:
* On this date in 1910, the first five Nobel Prizes were awarded (Chemistry, Physics, Literature, Medicine and Peace) were awarded in Stockholm:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=241184
Thursday, Dec. 11:
* Six years ago on this day China entered the WTO. An early estimate of the impact:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71385
Friday, Dec. 12:
* Largest one-day drop in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average, 24.39% in 1914. Tracking the Dow:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=780311
Saturday, Dec. 13:
* Ellis Bell publishes 'Wuthering Heights' in 1847. That was Emily Bronte's pseudonym at publication. Bronte never married:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=320630
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Sunday, Dec. 14:
* Birthday of Nostradamus in 1503 at the start of the French Renaissance. His prophecies on war:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=174000
Monday, Dec. 15:
* Birthday of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer. Nine other things to do in Paris besides visiting his radio tower:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=593986
Tuesday, Dec. 16:
* Boston Tea Party in 1773. More on the tax:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=95484
Wednesday, Dec. 17:
* Dealing with awkward gift-giving requirements at Christmas:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=126142
Thursday, Dec. 18:
* What it takes to start a Christmas tree farm:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=142345
Friday, Dec. 19:
* Lutefisk is a Scandinavian lye-soaked cod dish served at Christmas. But is it Norwegian or Swedish?
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=252321
Saturday, Dec. 20:
* The Louisiana Purchase was completed on this date in 1803, which soon made New Orleans the second largest port in the U.S.:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=296832
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Sunday, Dec. 21: Winter solstice
Hanukkah begins (sundown)
* On this day in 1933, 20th Century Fox signed 5-year-old Shirley Temple to a studio contract. She appeared in "Little Miss Marker" early in 1934:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=77146
Monday, Dec. 22:
* The U.S. Golf Association was formed in New York City on this date in 1894, forerunning the creation of the "golf widow":
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=45043
Tuesday, Dec. 23: Emperor's Birthday -- Japan
* Holiday tipping protocol for personal services people:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=287831
Wednesday, Dec. 24:
* With the support of Puritans, in the mid-1600s the English government suppressed Christmas as a holiday:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=121234
Thursday, Dec. 25: Christmas
* "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" in many languages:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=132869
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Friday, Dec. 26: Boxing Day
* Though Boxing Day is widely celebrated in the Commonwealth countries, its origins are uncertain:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=290351
Saturday, Dec. 27:
* HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, sets sail in 1831. Darwinism's development during the 19th Century:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374387
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Sunday, Dec. 28:
* Born on this day in 1934: Dame Maggie Smith, known widely as Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" movies. Send her a birthday card here:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=45656
Monday, Dec. 29:
* Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, considered the last between American natives and U.S. troops. History of other battles:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=604934
Tuesday, Dec. 30:
* The Poison Prevention Packaging Act is signed this day in 1970. A history of poison warnings:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=189105
Wednesday, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve
* New Year's Eve in the desert:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=786209
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