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| Thursday,
December
23,
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AP Highlight in History:
On Dec. 23, 1823, the poem ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'' by Clement C. Moore was first published, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel.
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| On this date in: |
| 1783 | George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. |
| 1788 | Maryland voted to cede a 100-square-mile area for the seat of the national government; about two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia. |
| 1941 | American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese during World War II. |
| 1948 | Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo. |
| 1968 | Eighty-two crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.
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| AP Photo |
![Audio Link]() | USS Pueblo commander Lloyd Bucher |
![Audio Link]() | Secretary of State Dean Rusk |
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| 1972 | The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7 in an NFL playoff game on a last-second touchdown catch by Franco Harris that was dubbed the ''immaculate reception.''
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| AP Photo/Harry Cabluck |
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| 1986 | Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first non-stop, around-the-world flight without refueling as they landed an experimental airplane at Edwards Air Force Base in California. |
| 1989 | Ousted Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, were captured while trying to flee the country. |
| 1995 | A fire in Dabwali, India, killed 540 people, including 170 children, during a year-end party being held near the children's school.
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| AP Photo/Ajit Kumar |
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| 1997 | A jury in Denver convicted Terry Nichols of involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. |
| 2002 | Senate Republicans unanimously elected Bill Frist of Tennessee to succeed Trent Lott of Mississippi as their leader in the next Congress. |
| 2003 | The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow disease in United States. (It was later confirmed.) |
| 2003 | A jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty. |
| 2003 | New York Gov. George Pataki pardoned the late comedian Lenny Bruce for his 1964 obscenity conviction. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Japenese Emperor Akihito turns 71 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Koji Sasahara |
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| Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Actor | 83 |
| Bob Kurland | Basketball hall-of-famer | 80 |
| Ronnie Schell | Actor | 73 |
| Frederic Forrest | Actor | 68 |
| James Stacy | Actor | 68 |
| Jorma Kaukonen | Rock musician (Jefferson Airplane) | 64 |
| Eugene Record | R&B singer | 64 |
| Ron Bushy | Rock musician (Iron Butterfly) | 63 |
| Harry Shearer | Actor-comedian (''The Simpson'') | 61 |
| Adrian Belew | Musician | 55 |
| Adrian Belew | Musician-producer | 55 |
| Dave Murray | Rock musician (Iron Maiden) | 46 |
| Eddie Vedder | Rock singer (Pearl Jam) | 40 |
| Corey Haim | Actor | 33 |
| Jamie Murphy | Rock musician (Space) | 29 |
| Estella Warren | Actress | 26 |
| Actress Susan Lucci (''All My Children'') turns 58 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock |
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