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Birthdays on December 12th
1915 - Frank Sinatra
1923 - Og Mandino
1821 - Gustave Flaubert
1863 - Edvard Munch
1940 - Dionne Warwick
1915 - Frank Sinatra
1923 - Og Mandino
1821 - Gustave Flaubert
1863 - Edvard Munch
1940 - Dionne Warwick
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Todays Pic Dump
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Blast from the Past
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Afternoon Funnies
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This day in History
- Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million, 1980
- American Revolution
- Pennsylvania ratifies the Constitution, 1787
- Automotive
- GM announces phase-out of Oldsmobile, 2000
- Civil War
- Cherokee leader and Confederate General Stand Watie is born, 1806
- Cold War
- Shultz calls on European allies to increase defense spending, 1987
- Crime
- The Queen of Mean is sentenced to the slammer, 1989
- A young murderer is indicted, 1997
- Disaster
- French soldiers killed in train accident, 1917
- General Interest
- Marconi sends first Atlantic wireless transmission, 1901
- Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, 1913
- Father Flanagan establishes Boys Town, 1917
- USS Panay sunk by Japanese, 1937
- Hollywood
- Hepburn, Tracy and Poitier star in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, 1967
- Literary
- Flaubert is born, 1821
- Music
- "Tears Of A Clown" gives Smokey Robinson & The Miracles their first #1 pop hit, finally, 1970
- Old West
- Cattle pioneer Charles Goodnight dies, 1929
- Presidential
- JFK memorial album sets record for sales, 1963
- Sports
- NFL rookie Gale Sayers ties single-game TD record, 1965
- Vietnam War
- Procedural questions cause difficulty at the peace talks, 1968
- Philippine soldiers depart South Vietnam, 1969
- World War I
- Stocks tank as NYSE trading resumes, 1914
- World War II
- United States seizes French liner Normandie, 1941
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