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Today in History: Tuesday, December\u00a0 22, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn 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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1858<\/td>\nOpera composer Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, Italy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1864<\/td>\nDuring 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.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1894<\/td>\nFrench army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial that triggered worldwide charges of anti-Semitism. (He was eventually vindicated.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1912<\/td>\nLady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was born Claudio Alta Taylor in Karnack, Texas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, D.C., for a wartime conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nDuring the Battle of the Bulge, Germany demanded the surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium; Brigadier Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe reportedly replied: “Nuts!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nNew York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nLech Walesa took the oath of office as Poland’s first popularly elected president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nPop singer Madonna married film director Guy Ritchie in Scotland. (The couple divorced in 2008.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nRichard 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.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nAstronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling the planet Uranus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first time in history to serve openly in America’s military.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Singer Meghan Trainor turns 22 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jim Wright<\/td>\nFormer House speaker<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hector Elizondo<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul Wolfowitz<\/td>\nFormer World Bank president<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Carlton<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diane Sawyer<\/td>\nBroadcast journalist (“Good Morning America”)<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rick Nielsen<\/td>\nRock musician (Cheap Trick)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan Stephenson<\/td>\nGolfer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luther Campbell<\/td>\nRapper (2 Live Crew)<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ted Cruz<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Texas<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heather Donahue<\/td>\nActress (“The Blair Witch Project”)<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jordin Sparks<\/td>\nR&B singer (“American Idol”)<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Ralph Fiennes turns 53 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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