This Day In History

December 27th

1845  Anesthesia used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1900  Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas, breaking every liquor bottles there.
1932  Radio City Music Hall in New York City opened.
1938  The first skimobile course in America opened in North Conway, New Hampshire.
1940  Singer Al Jolson and actress Ruby Keeler divorced after 12 years.
1947  Buffalo Bob (Smith) and Clarabelle the Clown (Bob Keeshan) hosted Howdy Doody on NBC-TV and ran for 13 more years.
1986  Philippine President Corazon Aquino was named TIME Magazine's Man of the Year (or woman in this case).

1822  Chemist Louis Pasteur who invented the pasteurization process and rabies vaccination
1901  Actress Marlene Dietrich (born as Maria von Losch)
1941  Actor John Amos

1959

• Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell

• Why - Frankie Avalon

• The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher

• El Paso - Marty Robbins

1967

• Daydream Believer - The Monkees

• Woman, Woman - The Union Gap

• Boogaloo Down Broadway - The Fantastic Johnny C

• For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard

1975

• The Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich

• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

• Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy

• Convoy - C.W. McCall

1983

• Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

• Union of the Snake - Duran Duran

• Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes

• Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers

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