Title: Belo Interactive Newsletters
| Wednesday,
December
22,
2004 |
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AP Highlight in History:
On Dec. 22, 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last of Eastern Europe's hard-line Communist rulers, was toppled from power in a popular uprising.
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| AP Photo/Dusan Vranic |
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| On this date in: |
| 1775 | A Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious American colonies. |
| 1807 | Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe. |
| 1864 | During the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Abraham Lincoln from Georgia, saying, ''I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.'' |
| 1894 | French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. He was eventually vindicated.
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| 1941 | British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| 1944 | During the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: ''Nuts!'' |
| 1984 | New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him. |
| 1989 | Playwright Samuel Beckett died in Paris at age 83. |
| 1990 | Lech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland's first popularly elected president. |
| 1991 | The body of Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American hostage murdered by his captors, was found dumped along a highway in Lebanon. |
| 2000 | Pop singer Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie were married in Scotland. |
| 2001 | Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued by flight attendants and fellow passengers. |
| 2002 | Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash, died at age 50. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson turns 92 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Eric Gay |
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| Jim Wright | Former House speaker | 82 |
| Hector Elizondo | Actor | 68 |
| Red Steagall | Country singer | 66 |
| Steve Carlton | Baseball hall-of-famer | 60 |
| Diane Sawyer | Broadcast journalist (''Good Morning America'') | 59 |
| Rick Nielsen | Rock musician (Cheap Trick) | 58 |
| Robin Gibb | Singer (The Bee Gees) | 55 |
| Jan Stephenson | Golfer | 53 |
| BernNadette Stanis | Actress | 51 |
| Luther Campbell | Rapper (2 Live Crew) | 44 |
| Chuck Mead | Country musician (BR549) | 44 |
| Lauralee Bell | Actress (''The Young and the Restless'') | 36 |
| Dina Meyer | Actress | 36 |
| Heather Donahue | Actress (''The Blair Witch Project'') | 30 |
| Chris Carmack | Actor | 24 |
| Actor Ralph Fiennes turns 42 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo |
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