Magnum, P.I. is a crime drama television series starring Tom
Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living
on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to
May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on the American
television network CBS. Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in
the top 20 U.S. television programs in the Nielsen ratings
during the first five years of its original run in the U.S.,
finishing as high as number three.

Brinton’s official government portrait. (Department of Energy)

FIRST ON FOX: The nonbinary Biden administration official
facing up to five years in prison for allegedly stealing luggage
in Minnesota now faces up to 10 years in prison for stealing
another bag in Nevada, according to a police report obtained
by Fox News Digital.

Samuel Brinton — who has served as the Energy Department’s
(DOE) deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste
disposition since June — allegedly stole a suitcase with a total
estimate worth of $3,670 on July 6 at Harry Reid International
Airport in Las Vegas, according to a declaration filed by a Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) detective on
Wednesday. The bag contained jewelry valued at $1,700,
clothing worth $850 and makeup valued at $500.

With ornaments loaned by Museum of American Folk Art
for First Lady Nancy Reagan: President and Mrs. Ronald
Reagan in front of the 1981 White House Christmas tree.

On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declared that
smallpox had been eradicated. The disease, which carries around
a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been
eradicated.

The World Health Organization in 1979.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas," a beloved holiday television tradition for generations of American families, debuted to overwhelming popular acclaim despite CBS network fears
of failure on this day in history, Dec. 9, 1965.  (Fox News)         

Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz 
(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)