"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens was published in
London (1843). The
book immediately sold out. Dickens wrote the story in just
two months,
beginning in October of 1843, and finishing at the end of
November.

http://www.stormfax.com/dickens.htm

Alphonse Barbe (Bores), French anarchist and antimilitarist,
was born
(1885).

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://perso.club-internet.fr/ytak/decembre3.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAlphonse%2BBarbe%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG

Erskine Caldwell, author ("Tobacco Road" and "God's Little
Acre"), was born
(1903).

http://id.mind.net/~fletch/

http://newnan.com/ec/

At 10:35a.m., Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first
successful flight in
history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft, the
Wright Flyer, on
the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (1903). Orville
piloted the
gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed
aloft for 12
seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. They
made four
flights, the longest lasting almost a minute (Some say the
name was Bird of
Prey).

http://www.exn.ca/FlightDeck/Aviators/wright.cfm

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/Wright1.html

http://www.first-to-fly.com/

Paul Cadmus, artist, was born (1904).

http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/cadmus/cadmus.htm

http://www.queer-arts.org/archive/9809/cadmus/cadmus.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/cadmus_paul.html

Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell was court-martial for
insubordination
(1925). Twenty years after his death, Mitchell was awarded
the *a* Medal of
Honor.

http://www.homeofheroes.com/wings/part1/6_survival.html

http://www.christopherlong.co.uk/per.mitchell.html

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/mit.htm

The first professional football game took place between the
Chicago Bears
and the New York Giants (1933).

Art Neville, musician, keyboardist, percussionist, singer,
was born (1937).
Neville was part of the Neville Brothers.

http://www.nevilles.com/

Paul Butterfield, bluesman, was born (1942).

http://www.island.net/~blues/butter.html

http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harmbutterfield.htm

http://www.peconic.net/members/worwetz/aa4.htm

http://dir.salon.com/music/sharps/1998/02/17sharps.html

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/janesbit/butterfield.html

If you need an introduction to Chicago blues:

http://www.angelfire.com/blues/janesbit/

http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/aprilskies/20/pbb1.html

Or if you just want to hear the sheer joy of the blues:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002GZ3.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.rock-groups.com/EastWest_B000002GZ3.html

Wassily Kandinsky, abstract artist, died (1944).

http://www.lsi.usp.br/~artigas/kandinsky/oartista.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/kandinsky.autumn-in-bavaria.jpg

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/kandinsky.comp-6.jpg

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/kandinsky.yellow-red-blue.jpg

Wes Studi, actor ("The Last of the Mohicans," "Dance With
Wolves" and
"Geronimo"), was born (1947).

http://www.thestudigroup.com/

"Geronimo"

http://www.thestudigroup.com/images/geronimo9.jpg

"The Last of the Mohicans"

http://www.thestudigroup.com/images/lotm6.jpg

"Dances With Wolves"

http://www.thestudigroup.com/images/dances2.jpg

Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" (1955). Less than
forty-eight hours
later, he recorded it at the Sun Studios in Memphis. "Blue
Suede Shoes" was
one of the first records to be popular simultaneously on
rock, country and
rhythm and blues charts.

http://www.history-of-rock.com/perkins.htm

http://www.rockabillyhall.com/CarlPerkins.html

http://www.hotshotdigital.com/OldRock/CarlPerkinsBio.html

"On The Beach" was first film to premiere on both sides of
Iron Curtain
(1959).

http://www.beach-net.com/

A disgruntled employee set fire to a Niteroi Circus of Rio
de Janeiro circus
tent in Niteroi, Brazil (1961). 323 people died as a result.

A disc jockey at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first
person to
broadcast a Beatles record on American airwaves (1963).
Carroll James
played "I Want To Hold Your Hand," which he had obtained
from his stewardess
girlfriend who brought the single back from Britain. Due to
listener demand,
it played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released
yet in the
States, Capitol Records initially considered court action,
but instead
released the record earlier than planned.

http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/Picslv_80s.htm

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/3196/BEATLES_TRIVIA.html

John Lennon, from an interview with Carroll James:

"James asked John who his influences were.
'Small Blind Johnny,' said John. 'Small Blind
Johnny?' asked James. 'Oh yes, he played
with big deaf Arthur,' John replied. James then
said, 'John, they call you the chief Beatle!' John
said, 'Carroll, I don't call you names!'

James continued, 'Excluding America and England,
what are your favorite countries you've visited.'
John replied, 'Excluding America and England,
what's left?'"

http://members.aol.com/multiplusbooks/Booksample2.pdf

The Astrodome opened (1965). The first event was Judy
Garland and The
Supremes ... in concert.

http://users.deltacomm.com/rainbowz/con121765.html

Fifty-million television viewers saw singer Tiny Tim marry
Miss Vicky
(Victoria May Budinger), on The Tonight Show (1969).

http://www.tinytim.org/photo/duet.html

http://www.tinytim.org/photo/promo2.html

http://www.tinytim.org/photo/0056.html

http://www.tinytim.org/photo/magicm_2.html

The United States Air Force closed its "Project Blue Book"
(1969). It
concluded there was no evidence of extraterrestrial
spaceships behind the
thousands of UFO sightings.

http://foia.fbi.gov/bluebook.htm

http://www.nicap.dabsol.co.uk/blue.htm

Hound Dog Taylor, bluesman, died (1975).

http://www.alligator.com/artists/bio.cfm?ArtistID=001

http://www.keno.org/hound_dog_taylor/bio.htm

Bart Simpson was born (1979). His birth date is sometimes
given as April
1st, 1980.

http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_family_bart.html

Members of the Red Brigades kidnapped Brigadier-General
James L Dozier
(1981). Dozier was rescued forty days later.

http://www.specialoperations.com/Counterterrorism/Dozier.html

http://www.ict.org.il/inter_ter/orgdet.cfm?orgid=36

Big Joe Williams, bluesman (wrote "Baby Please Don't Go"),
died (1982).

http://www.island.net/~blues/bigjoe.htm

http://www.arhoolie.com/titles/315.shtml

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/catalog/williams_b_cat.html

John DeLorean was found not guilty of 15 charges of
embezzling, fraud and
racketeering (1986).

http://www.delorean.com/

http://www.virtualology.com/virtualpubliclibrary/halloffounders/automotivefounders/JOHNDELOREAN.NET/

http://www.weht.net/article.php?sid=2

http://tripower455.freeservers.com/gtohist.htm

Davina Thompson made medical history by having the first
heart, lung and
liver transplant (1986).

http://www.centerspan.org/tnn/98090106.htm

Connecticut State Representative (D) Joseph Grabarz kicked
open the door to
his closet (1990).

http://www.mountainpridemedia.org/oitm/issues/1991/05May1991/

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/2966/newsc32499.htm

http://www.lcrny.org/main/past/views.php

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Miami Heat 148-80 (1991).
The 68 point
difference set a record.

Sun Yaoting, China's last imperial eunuch, died in Beijing
at the age of 93
(1996).

http://manray.csuhayward.edu/beijing/yuli/chinese8/chinese8.htm

Grover Washington Jr., saxophonist, died (1999).

http://launch.yahoo.com/artist/artistFocus.asp?artistID=1013714

http://www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/individual_htmls/grover_washingtonjr.html

Hyfler/Rosner

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Dec 17, 2003, 4:45:10 PM12/17/03

"Bill Schenley" <stra...@ma.rr.com> wrote in message news:LX3Eb.3827>
>

Paul Cadmus, artist, was born (1904).

> Art Neville, musician, keyboardist, percussionist, singer,
> was born (1937).
>

> Paul Butterfield, bluesman, was born (1942).

> Bart Simpson was born (1979). >

So you share a birthday with all these characters? Cool.

Have a good one.

Robert Feigel (aka Bob)

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Dec 17, 2003, 6:33:08 PM12/17/03

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:32:27 GMT, "Bill Schenley" <stra...@ma.rr.com>
wrote:

>At 10:35a.m., Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first
>successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft, the
>Wright Flyer, on the beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (1903). Orville
>piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed
>aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. They
>made four flights, the longest lasting almost a minute (Some say the
>name was Bird of Prey).

Au contraire:

According to the following info the Wright's did not achieve the first
successful flight. Richard Pearse beat them by more than eight months!

The Wright's first flight at Ktty Hawk was on December 17th 1903 and
the distance travelled was 120 feet (or approx 37 metres). Richard
Pearse's flight in New Zealand was in late March 1903 and was 140
metres (approx 459 feet). Granted, the Wright's subsequent flights on
the same day was much further and it is popularly accepted that the
Wright brothers made the first successful flight, but that doesn't
seem to be the case.

Happy birthday anyway ;-) b

http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/pearse.html

Richard Pearse: "Mad Pearse", "Bamboo Dick", self-taught inventor,
prophetic designer, trail blazing aviator and eccentric visionary. On
or about 31st March 1903 a reclusive New Zealand farmer Richard Pearse
climbed into a self-built monoplane and flew for about 140 metres
before crashing into a gorse hedge on his Waitohi property . Even at
half the distance Pearse must have felt the liberating but anxious
exhilaration of flying. There is uncertainty about whether it met the
definitions of sustained flight, but it came eight months before the
Wright Brothers entered the record books at Kitty Hawk North Carolina
on 17th December 1903.

"When weaving nets, all threads count." - Charlie Chan

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Louisiana Lou

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Dec 17, 2003, 6:39:24 PM12/17/03

"Bill Schenley" <stra...@ma.rr.com> wrote in message

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>
> Bart Simpson was born (1979). His birth date is sometimes
> given as April
> 1st, 1980.
>
> http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_family_bart.html
>

And he's still only 10!
Ay caramba!

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