DECEMBER 26
1931: George and Ira Gershwin's musical Of Thee I Sing, based on a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, debuts at the Music Box Theatre in New York. The political satire will become the first American musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1932.
1606:Shakespeare's King Lear 1st performed
1954: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" The popular radio mystery show The Shadow, featuring the crime-stopping, psychically gifted vigilante Lamont Cranston, goes off the airwaves after a 24-year run on various radio networks.
1966: Jimi Hendrix pens the lyrics to "Purple Haze" while backstage at the Upper Cut Club in London; the electric guitar-driven song will become the Jimi Hendrix Experience's first hit in the United States.
1878:John Wanamaker installed electric lights in his department store in Philadelphia.
1865:Coffee percolator patented by James H. Mason of Franklin, MA
1966:The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga.
1933:The FM radio is patented.
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