This Day In History

December 22nd

1877  The American Bicycling Journal went on sale.
1894  The United States Golf Association formed in New York City.
1910  Postal savings stamps issued, and discontinued in 1914.
1943  Sporting goods manufacturers received permission to use synthetic rubber for the core of baseballs.
1976  Game Show Let's Make A Deal with Monty Hall aired for the last time.

1858  Musician Giacomo Puccini
1912  1st Lady Bird (Claudia Alta) Johnson, wife of 36th US President Lyndon Baines Johnson
1922  Actress Barbara Billingsley
1946  TV Journalist Diane Sawyer
1948  Baseball Great Steve Garvey
1949  Musician Maurice Gibb

1956

• Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley

• The Green Door - Jim Lowe

• Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody - Jerry Lewis

• Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins

1964

• Come See about Me - The Supremes

• I Feel Fine - The Beatles

• Goin' Out of My Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials

• Once a Day - Connie Smith

1972

• Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

• You Ought to be with Me - Al Green

• It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond

• Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me) - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats

1980

• Lady - Kenny Rogers

• Starting Over - John Lennon

• Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond

• That's All that Matters - Mickey Gilley

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