Wednesday, December 23, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

DECEMBER 23


1972:Trailing the Oakland Raiders 7-6 with seconds remaining, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Franco Harris scores a touchdown in a play dubbed the “immaculate reception.”

1783: George Washington resigns his commission with the Army to return to his home at Mount Vernon.

1986: Richard G. Rutan and Jeana Yeager are the first to fly nonstop around the world with one load of fuel—and take just nine days.

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