Philip Henry Niekro (April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020)
The Baseball Hall of Fame has announced, Legendary knuckleball pitcher
Phil Niekro died Sunday.
Niekro was a five-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner. He played
24 years in the major leagues from 1964 to 1987, spent 21 years with the
Atlanta Braves and also played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland
Indians and Toronto Blue Jays. (Fox News)
A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film
directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd‘s semi-
fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trust: All
Others Pay Cash, with some elements from his 1971 book
Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories and Other
Disasters. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and
Peter Billingsley and is a seasonal classic in North
America.
President Franklin Pierce placed the first Christmas Tree in
the White House in 1856. Pierce was elected the 14th U.S.
President, serving from 1853 – 1857.
Franklin Pierce
(November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869)
