MIKE GRACIA

The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. on this day in 1903. Orville Wright was piloting the
craft while his brother Wilbur ran alongside.

The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time on this day in 1957.

South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia on this day
in 1830. Cause of death was listed as Tuberculosis. He was 47.

Television history was made on this day in 1969 when singer Tiny
Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show"
with Johnny Carson.

MIKE GRACIA

On this day in 1773, nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into
Boston Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The
patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest
taxation without representation and the monopoly the
government granted to the East India Company.

During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge began in Belgium on
this day in 1944. It was the final major German counteroffensive
in the war.

Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 – March 26, 1827)

Beethoven bridged the gap between Classical and Romantic music with
his symphonies, concertos, and sonatas despite losing his hearing. His
most famous compositions included "Für Elise," the "Moonlight Sonata,"
and the Ninth Symphony.

SANDY KOZEL

Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in Jerusalem by an Israeli court on this  day in 1961. He had been
tried on charges for organizing the deportation of Jews to
concentration camps.

A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller (above) disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel during a flight to
Paris.

A US Army-Air Force C-64 Norseman Aircraft similar to the one
carrying Glenn Miller.  

On this day in 1791, the first ten amendments to the Constitution,
known as the Bill of Rights, went into effect following ratification
by the state of Virginia.

On this day in 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other
tribe members were killed in Grand River, SD, during an incident
with Indian police working for the U.S. government.

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney died in Los Angeles on this day in 1966.

The movie "Gone With the Wind," produced by David O. Selznick
based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, premiered at Loew’s
Grand Theater in Atlanta on this day in 1939. The epic film starred  
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.

Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.

Thomas (Tim) Daniel Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio.

Comedian Tim Conway is most known for starring on CBS’s The Carol
Burnett Show (1967-1978) and for his role as Ensign Charles Parker on
the ABC sitcom McHale’s Navy (1962-1966). He also provided the voice
for Barnacle Boy on the Nickelodeon animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present). Tim took a job answering mail at a local Cleveland radio station after graduating college.

From left: Tim Conway, Harvey Korman, Carol Burnett, Lyle
Waggoner and Vicki Lawrence. The cast of The Carol Burnett
Show.

Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame)
(December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566)

French poet, apothecary, and self-proclaimed prophet Nostradamus
began publishing his predictions in 1555. His quatrains, whether truly
prophetic or misinterpreted to be so, have attained a cult following
through the centuries. Although mainstream media has claimed that
he has predicted major historical events, historians argue that his
apparent accuracy is due to poor translation and  misinterpretation.