On this day in 1862, the US Navy formally commissions its
first hospital ship, the Red Rover. A captured Confederate
side-wheel steamer, it treats 374 patients in its first seven
months of service on the Mississippi, 332 of whom were
discharged; 37 die and five desert.
"The Night of the Meek" is episode 47 of the American
television anthology series The Twilight Zone.
It originally aired on December 23, 1960, on CBS. It was
one of the six episodes of the second season which
were shot on videotape in a short-lived experiment
aimed to cut costs.
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Arthur William Matthew Carney
(November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)
On December 23, 1823, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” perhaps
the most famous and influential Christmas poem ever was
published in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in New York by
an anonymous author.
Called "arguably the best-known verses ever written,” it
would shape the modern image of Santa Claus as "a right
jolly old elf" who travels through the air in a reindeer-
powered sleigh on Christmas eve, bounding down
chimneys after children are asleep to leave them
holiday gifts.
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863)
It wasn’t until nearly 20 years later, in 1844, that American
writer Clement Clarke Moore claimed authorship after
seeing the poem misattributed in the Washington
National Intelligencer.
Moore took credit for the poem, claiming to have authored
“some lines, describing a visit from St. Nicholas, which I
wrote many years ago, not for publication, but to amuse
my children.”
The world’s first cloned cat—CC, or Copy Cat—was born in
a biomedical lab at Texas A&M University. CC, who lived for
18 years, had all the physical attributes and indifference
toward humanity of any other kitty. Her birth kickstarted
a global pet-cloning industry.
CC with her surrogate mom, Allie.
Rainbow, the genetic donor cat.
Photo of C.C. taken in 2008.
On March 3, 2020, CC died at 18 years old in College Station, Texas.
CC went on to have her own kittens, who were healthy and genetically unique.
