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CHRISTMAS CAROL FIRST PERFORMED IN 1818

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"Silent Night" was performed for the first time on December 24, 1818 at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria (shown below).

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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE, 43 YEARS AGO TODAY

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Left to right: Lovell, Anders, Borman 

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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire) - Dominique [Philips 40152] [LS]

"Dominique" is a French song by Sœur Sourire (Sister Smile, born
Jeanine Deckers), of Belgium, also known as The Singing Nun. The
song is about Saint Dominic, Spanish-born priest and founder of 
the Dominican Order, of which she was a member."Dominique"
reached the top ten in eleven countries in late 1963 and early
1964, topping the hit lists in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It
outsold Elvis during its stay on the Billboard Pop Charts in 1963.

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EPIC FILM PREMIERED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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Charlton Heston

Ben-Hur premiered at Loew’s State Theatre in New York City. The epic film
went on to win a record of eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, a
record equaled only by Titanic in 1997 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return
of the King
in 2003.

 

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STANLEY FOUND LIVINGSTONE ON THIS DAY IN 1871

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Stanley greeting Livingstone…"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 

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Henry Stanley                   

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David Livingstone         

Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his
exploration of Africa. He is also famous for being sent by the New York Herald
newspaper to find David Livingstone, a Scottish medical missionary with the
London Missionary Society and explorer who had completely lost contact with
the outside world for six years and was ill with malaria. Stanley found Dr.
Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania. Livingstone
remained ill for most of the last four years of his life. He died May 1, 1873
at the age of 60.  

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