1732 Benjamin Franklin, under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, begins publication of "Poor Richard's Almanack"; he would produce an annual issue for the next 25 years
- 1922 Theresa Vaughn, 24, confesses in a court in Sheffield, England, that she has been married 61 times over five years in 50 cities across three countries
Blue Suede Shoes
1955 Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" for Sun Records at Memphis Recording Service studio
First Broadcast from Space
1958 First radio broadcast from space, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends a Christmas message "to all mankind, America's wish for peace on Earth and goodwill to men everywhere" [1]
- 1983 The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro
- 1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis
The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 First Lord of the Rings film "The Fellowship of the Ring" is released and earns $47 million during its opening weekend and $871 million worldwide at the box office
First Female President
2012 Park Geun-hye wins the South Korean presidential election to become the nation’s first female president
Ferguson's Last Late Late Show
2014 Craig Ferguson's final appearance as host of "The Late Late Show" on CBS, after 2,058 episodes
- 2018 First use of a drone to deliver vaccines to the island of Erromango, Vanuatu, by UNICEF
- 2019 Earliest fossilized trees, 386 million years old, found at a quarry in Cairo, New York, study published in "Current Biology"
- 2020 World's first undersea roundabout opens named 'the Jellyfish' as part of a 11.2 km (6.9 miles) tunnel network for the Faroe Islands with illuminated artwork by Tróndur Patursson [1]
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