413 Historic Events for December 12
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| 1947 |
Event |
United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
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| 1947 |
Birth |
Ralph Scala, rocker
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| 1948 |
Birth |
Ray Jackson, rocker
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Ricardo Lu¡s Carreras, NYC, bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
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| 1949 |
Event |
AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Billy Smith, Ontario, NHL goaltender (NY Islanders)
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| 1950 |
Event |
Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule
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| 1950 |
Event |
16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa Ks, PhD/ast (STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82)
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| 1951 |
Event |
Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties)
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| 1952 |
Event |
Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Ajit De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982)
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Cathy Rigby McCoy, Los Alamitos Calif, gymnist (Olympic-4th-1968)
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Neil Peart, rocker (Rush)
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Sarah Douglas, England, actress (Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest)
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| 1953 |
Event |
Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
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| 1953 |
Birth |
Bruce Kulick, guitarist/singer (KISS)
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| 1955 |
Birth |
Lenore Rittenhouse, Honolulu HI, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank)
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| 1955 |
Event |
1st prototype of hovercraft patented by Brit eng Christoper Cockerell
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| 1956 |
Death |
Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83
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| 1956 |
Birth |
Sondra Theodore, San Bernadino Cal, playmate (July, 1977)
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| 1956 |
Birth |
Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexico City, actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest)
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| 1957 |
Event |
US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
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| 1957 |
Death |
Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35
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