1964 - Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (shown in 1988 in a two-part episode "The Menagerie").
1963 - Number one hit on UK music charts - The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
1914 - The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%.
1913 - The "Mona Lisa," stolen from the Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
0627 - Battle of Nineveh: Byzantines vs. Persia
This Day In Business
1980 - Apple goes public at $22 per share. When it goes public - It generates more capital than any IPO since Ford went public in 1956.
1968 - The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was filmed in London.
1911 - India's capital is moved from Calcutta to New Delhi.
1968 - Arthur Ashe first African-American to ever be ranked #1 in Tennis
December 12th Holiday
Jamhuri Day (Kenya) - Celebrates Kenya gaining independence from Britain in 1963.
Today's Birthday Trivia
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
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