Historical Events
1975 - 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1980 - US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
1983 - NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1990 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web
1995 - 45th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
1998 - NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
Famous Birthdays
1889 - DeWitt Wallace, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1927 - Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1944 - Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
1969 - Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1973 - Colin Morgan, 78 kg judoka (Olympics-96), born in Calgary, Alberta
1975 - Angela Watson, actress (Karen Foster-Step by Step)
Famous Deaths
1595 - John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
1916 - Percival Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, dies of a stroke at 61
1925 - Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1980 - Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
1993 - Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1999 - Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O' Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87
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