DECEMBER 8
1940: In the first National Football League championship game heard nationwide on the radio, the Washington Redskins suffer a crushing defeat at Griffith Stadium to the Chicago Bears. The Redskins' 73-0 loss remains the most one-sided game in NFL history.
1941: Montana Rep. Jeanette Rankin, a lifelong pacifist, is the only member of Congress to vote against the United States declaring war on Japan and entering World War II.
1980: Musician and peace activist John Lennon, a founding member of the Beatles, is shot and killed outside of his New York City apartment building by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman. Earlier in the day, Chapman had asked for and received an autograph from Lennon on his new Double Fantasy album. Chapman remains incarcerated at Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, N.Y.
1991:Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): an agreement among former Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to dissolve the existing Soviet Union (USSR), and reorganize into states.
1952 :"I Love Lucy" television show defeats the censors, has pregnancy on television
No comments:
Post a Comment