December 23rd

1790 ~ Birthday of Jean François Champollion, Egyptologist. He deciphered the Rosetta Stone.

1823 ~ “A Visit From St. Nicholas”, by Clement Clarke Moore, was first published

1834 ~ Death of Thomas Malthus, Demographer and Economist

1939 ~ Death of Anthony Fokker, aircraft manufacturer.

1947 ~ The transistor was first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

1953 ~ Death of Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader.

1954 ~ The first organ transplant of a kidney was performed by Doctors Murray and Harrison in Boston. Dr. Murray would later win a Nobel prize for his pioneering work.

1979 ~ Soviet military occupies Kabul, Afghanistan.

2012 ~ The Mayan calendar comes to an end (may also be December 21). This day was predicted by the Mayans to be when life on Earth is going to end.

Feastdays & Holidays

Fans of Seinfeld - Festivus (for the restofus) held.

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