Daily Run Down 12/19/2010
19 Dec 2010Here is today’s Daily Run Down.
Current News:
- Adler Planetarium is going to celebrate the full lunar eclipse.
- Longtime Chicago Cubs Player Phil Cavarretta has died at the age of 94.
- Bank of America has stopped payments to WikiLeaks.
- Chevy Has built the antenna into the body of the 2011 Camaro.
- The Senate has voted to repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’.
- Satellite Imagery is highlighting Nikumaroro Island where Amelia Earhart may have died.
Current News:
- In 1154, King Henry II is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
- In 1714, John Winthrop, the American Astronomer is born.
- In 1776, Thomas Paine publishes on of his pamphlets entitled ‘The American Crisis’.
- In 1907, 239 Coal Miners died in an Explosion at Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
- In 1920, Little Jimmy Dickens, and American country Singer is born.
- In 1941, Adolf Hitler became the Commander in Chief of the German Army.
- In 1956, Phil Harris an American Fisherman featured on ‘Deadliest Catch’ is born.
- In 1986, American Author V.C. Andrews is dies.
- In 1998, The impeachment of President Bill Clinton begins .
- In 2009, Kim Peek, inspiration of the movie Rain Man, dies.
Look for more stories tomorrow. If an important story has been missed please leave it in the comments.
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