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| Sunday,
December
26,
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AP Highlight in History:
On Dec. 26, 1799, George Washington was eulogized by Col. Henry Lee as ''first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen.''
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| 1776 | The British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. |
| 1865 | James H. Nason of Franklin, Mass., received a patent for a coffee percolator. |
| 1893 | Chinese leader Mao Zedong was born in Hunan province. |
| 1917 | The U.S. government took over operation of the nation's railroads. |
| 1941 | Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. |
| 1944 | Tennessee Williams' play ''The Glass Menagerie'' premiered, at the Civic Theatre in Chicago. |
| 1947 | Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths.
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| AP Photo/John Lent |
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| 1972 | Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, died in Kansas City, Mo., at age 88. |
| 1974 | Comedian Jack Benny died at age 80. |
| 1996 | Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colo. The slaying remains unsolved. |
| 1999 | Alfonso Portillo, a populist lawyer, scored a resounding victory in Guatemala's first peacetime presidential elections in nearly 40 years. |
| 1999 | Soul singer and songwriter Curtis Mayfield died at age 57. |
| 2000 | Actor Jason Robards died at age 78. |
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| Today's Birthdays: |
| Rock musician Lars Ulrich (Metallica) turns 41 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Robert E. Klein |
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| Richard Widmark | Actor | 90 |
| Donald Moffat | Actor | 74 |
| Abdul ''Duke'' Fakir | R&B singer (The Four Tops) | 69 |
| Phil Spector | Record producer | 64 |
| John Walsh | TV host (''America's Most Wanted'') | 59 |
| Bob Carpenter | Country musician (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | 58 |
| Carlton Fisk | Baseball hall-of-famer | 57 |
| Ozzie Smith | Baseball hall-of-famer | 50 |
| James Kottak | Rock musician (The Scorpions) | 42 |
| Brian Westrum | Country musician (Sons of the Desert) | 42 |
| J | Rock musician | 37 |
| Audrey Wiggins | Country singer | 37 |
| Peter Klett | Rock musician (Candlebox) | 35 |
| Actor Jared Leto turns 33 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian |
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