Daily Calendar for Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Born
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (tire manufacturer) –
- Irene Dunne (actress) –
- George Roy Hill (director of film) –
- Nicole DeBoer (actress) –
- Jonah Hill (actor) –
- JoJo (singer) –
Died
- Bobby Darin (singer) –
- Arthur Rubenstein (pianist) –
- Carl Sagan (astronomer) –
- J. Russell Coffey (oldest known U.S. veteran of World War I) –
- Robert Mulligan (director) –
- Brittany Murphy (actress) –
- Steve Landesberg (actor) –
Events
- Operation of first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in U.S. began, Pawtucket, Rhode Island –
- Louisiana Purchase finalized –
- Missouri imposed a $1 tax on bachelors –
- South Carolina seceded from the Union –
- Name “Canadian National Railways” was authorized –
- 24-lb. 8-oz. horse-eye jack caught, Miami, Florida –
- California angler caught 230-pound Nile perch in Lake Nasser, Egypt –
Weather
- Temperatures in central Illinois dropped from 40 to 0 degrees F in a sudden cold snap that was said to freeze chickens in their tracks –
- Snowstorm began in Denver, Colorado, that delivered up to 30 inches of snow –
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