22
Dec
CHRISTMAS IN 1942 ~
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22
Dec
ENGLISH ACTOR IS 59 TODAY
Ralph Fiennes is an actor, film producer and director best known
for his role as the menacing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter
films and for portraying Nazi captain Amon Goeth in the 1993
Steven Spielberg film Schindler’s List (below).
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22
Dec
ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT FELL ON THIS DAY
1989 
The Romanian army defected to the cause of anti-communist demonstrators, and the government of Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown. The end of 42 years of communist rule came three
days after Ceausescu’s security forces opened fire on the
demonstrators in Timisoara.
After the army’s defection, Ceausescu and his wife fled from
Bucharest in a helicopter (below) but were captured later and
convicted of mass murder in a hasty military trial. On December
25, they were executed by a firing squad.
Ceausescu and his wife.
21
Dec
ON DISPLAY AT THE BUDDY HOLLY MUSEUM
the glasses rock legend Buddy Holly was wearing when his plane crashed February 3, 1959.
From left:The Big Bopper,Richi Valens and
Buddy Holly, February 2nd, 1959.
The crash site on February 3, 1959.
The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, Texas.
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21
Dec
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1968
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with astronauts Frank
Borman, James Lovell, Jr. and William Anders aboard (above).
On Christmas Eve, the astronauts entered into orbit around the
moon, the first manned spacecraft ever to do so. During Apollo
8‘s 10 lunar orbits, television images were sent back home, and spectacular photos were taken of Earth and the moon from the spacecraft. In addition to being the first human beings to view
firsthand their home world in its entirety, the three astronauts
were also the first to see the far side of the moon.
The iconic "Earthrise" image taken by astronaut Bill Anders
on Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Friday marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 liftoff.
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