Birthdays: Paracelsus the father of modern medical
diagnosis, Antonio Cimmarosa, William Lyon Mackensie-King, Arthur Fiedler, Bob
Guccione, William Safire, Cal Ripken Sr., Ford Maddox-Ford, Erskine Caldwell,
Tommy Steele, Bill Pullman is 60, Eugene Levy is 67, Giovanni Ribisi is 39,
Arman Muehler-Stahl is 83, Wes Studi, Sean Patrick Thomas, Mila Jovovich is 38,
Bart Simpson is 24
1843- Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
for Christmas" first published. In the 18th century and earlier the
Christmas celebration was a more rowdy affair with public drinking, marching
around in costumes “mummery” and mayhem more like today’s Mardi Gras. This is
why the Pilgrims tried to ban it. The popularity of Dickens story of Scrooge,
Marley and Tiny Tim did much to help Victorians change the nature of the
Christmas celebration to a more intimate and pious observance among centered on
the family. Dickens said he wrote the story to make some money capitalizing on
the new fashions for family Christmas celebrations around the tree.
1892- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker”
premiered at the Imperial Ballet in Saint Petersburg. One child dancer playing
a candy cane in that first performance was a Georgian boy named Gyorgi
Balavadajze- later American choreographer George Balanchine..
1955- Carl Perkins awoke in the middle of a bad nights sleep
and wrote Blue Suede Shoes, the first song to be a hit in Country, R&B and
Rock n’ Roll charts simultaneously, especially when sing by Elvis Presley” Well
you can knock me down, step on ma face, etc.”
1962- The Beatles first hit "Love Me Do" enters
the U.K. pop charts.
1969- Tiny Tim, the campy, ukulele strumming crooner,
married his Miss Vicky, or Victoria Budinger live on the Tonight Show with
Johnny Carson.
1969- The US Air Force terminated Operation Blue Book, the
investigation of UFO phenomena.
1969- Walt Disney re-released Fantasia, and it was embraced
by hippy stoners who liked to get high during screenings, Disney did a
black-lite poster for it. It was the first time Fantasia ever made a profit.
1989- After appearing in some interstitial shorts on the
variety Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons first premiered as a regular TV
series.
1999- The film Stuart Little premiered.
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