December 23
1783 - George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
1788 - Maryland ceded a 100-square-mile section of land to create the District of Columbia.
1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night Before Christmas") was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.
1941 - During World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to Japanese forces.
1947 - The transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley.
1948 - Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for their roles in World War II.
1968 - Eighty-two crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane "Voyager".
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia, sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty.
Birthdays
22 - Finn Wolfhard (actor)
26 - Tori Keeth (actress)
30 - Reed Alexander (actor)
34 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (actress)
45 - Holly Madison (model)
49 - Kirby Smart (football coach)
57 - Carla Bruni (model)
60 - Eddie Vedder (musician)
61 - Jim Harbaugh (football coach)
72 - William Kristol (political commentator)
76 - Jack Ham (football player)
78 - Susan Lucci (actress)
81 - Harry Shearer (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - December 23
1951 - A NFL championship game was televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cleveland Browns 24-17. The DuMont Network had paid $75,000 for the rights to the game.
1972 - In an NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, Steelers running back Franco Harris scored a game-winning touchdown on a deflected pass with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. The "Immaculate Reception," as the catch came to be known, is often cited as one of the greatest individual plays in NFL history.
1991 - Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll retired after 23 seasons. He was the only coach to win four Super Bowls.
1997 - Jari Kurri (Colorado Avalanche) became the 8th NHL player to score 600 goals.
1997 - Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson records his 500th career NBA victory, and set a record to achieve the mark in the fewest number of games (682).
2022 - Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin moves mast Gordie Howe on the NHL's career goals list.
1783 - George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the U.S. Army.
1788 - Maryland ceded a 100-square-mile section of land to create the District of Columbia.
1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night Before Christmas") was published in the Troy Sentinel of New York.
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve System.
1941 - During World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to Japanese forces.
1947 - The transistor was unveiled by American physicists John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley.
1948 - Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for their roles in World War II.
1968 - Eighty-two crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
1986 - Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling aboard the experimental airplane "Voyager".
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Virginia, sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty.
Birthdays
22 - Finn Wolfhard (actor)
26 - Tori Keeth (actress)
30 - Reed Alexander (actor)
34 - Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (actress)
45 - Holly Madison (model)
49 - Kirby Smart (football coach)
57 - Carla Bruni (model)
60 - Eddie Vedder (musician)
61 - Jim Harbaugh (football coach)
72 - William Kristol (political commentator)
76 - Jack Ham (football player)
78 - Susan Lucci (actress)
81 - Harry Shearer (actor/comedian)
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Today in Sports History - December 23
1951 - A NFL championship game was televised nationally for the first time. The Los Angeles Rams beat the Cleveland Browns 24-17. The DuMont Network had paid $75,000 for the rights to the game.
1972 - In an NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders, Steelers running back Franco Harris scored a game-winning touchdown on a deflected pass with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. The "Immaculate Reception," as the catch came to be known, is often cited as one of the greatest individual plays in NFL history.
1991 - Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Chuck Noll retired after 23 seasons. He was the only coach to win four Super Bowls.
1997 - Jari Kurri (Colorado Avalanche) became the 8th NHL player to score 600 goals.
1997 - Chicago Bulls head coach Phil Jackson records his 500th career NBA victory, and set a record to achieve the mark in the fewest number of games (682).
2022 - Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin moves mast Gordie Howe on the NHL's career goals list.
