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100 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 1924 | Frank Corsaro: New York harbor, opera director | |||
22 Dec 1924 | Frank Corsaro, American actor and director | |||
22 Dec 1924 | Frank Corsaro New York harbor, opera director | |||
22 Dec 1924 | Geraldine Page Kirksville MO, actress (Interiors, Beguiled) | |||
22 Dec 1924 | Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2 | |||
22 Dec 1924 | Philip Barry's "Youngest" premieres in New York NY | |||
22 Dec 1924
Edison patent |
Edison patent In 1924, Thomas A. Edison was issued a U.S. design patent for a "Design for a Phonograph Cabinet." (Design patent No. 69068). In addition to a front and side elevation, the patent showed an enlarged portion of the front elevation showing more clearly the details of one of the panels or grilles. The design patent covers the ornamental design for a phonograph cabinet as shown for a term of 14 years. A design patent protects only the appearance of the article and not structural or utilitarian features. |
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75 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 1949 | Michael Osborne: Rock guitarist / vocalist (Axe) | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Maurice Gibb, Manx-English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (Bee Gees, The Bloomfields, and The Rattlesnakes) (d. 2003) | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and record producer (Bee Gees and The Rattlesnakes) (d. 2012) | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Ray Guy, American football player | |||
22 Dec 1949 | birth Robin and Maurice Gibb, The Bee Gees, singers, songwriters, producers, Robin was the eldest by 1 hour. (1967 UK No.1 single 'Massachusetts', 1978 UK & US No.1 single 'Night Fever', over 30 UK Top 40 hits and 9 US No.1's over 4 decades). Maurice died on 12th January 2003 of a heart attack. Robin died of cancer aged 62 on 20 May 2012. More On The Bee Gees | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Manfred Burgsm | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Maurice Gibb Manchester England, rocker/twin of Robin (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever) | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Michael Osborne rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe) | |||
22 Dec 1949 | Robin Gibb Manchester England, rocker/twin of Maurice (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever) | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 1974 | Fosco Giachetti: Entertainer, dies at 70 | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Lorraine Gauguin: Entertainer, dies at 50 | |||
22 Dec 1974 | 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approximately April 1975 | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Michael Barron, English footballer, coach, and manager | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Heather Donahue, American actress | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Sterling North, American author (b. 1906) | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration. | |||
22 Dec 1974 | The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA. | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Fosco Giachetti entertainer, dies at 70 | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Lorraine Gauguin entertainer, dies at 50 | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals | |||
22 Dec 1974 | Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French | |||
22 Dec 1974 | 2nd cease-fire between IRA & British; lasts until approximately April 1975 | |||
25 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 1999 | Ameer Idreis, Emirati-Canadian author | |||
22 Dec 1999 | Korean Air Cargo Flight 8509, a Boeing 747-200F crashes shortly after take-off from London Stansted Airport due to pilot error. All 4 crew members are killed. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 2004 | Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950) | |||
22 Dec 2004 | Nezihe Viranyalı, Bulgarian-Turkish pilot (b. 1925) | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 2009 | Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940) | |||
22 Dec 2009 | Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935) | |||
22 Dec 2009 | The FBI released 333 pages of documents compiled about Michael Jackson between 1992 to 2005. The files revealed that they made several investigations into death threats against him made by obsessed fans, alleged inappropriate involvement between Jackson and an underage male, as well as fears that he may have become the target for terrorists. | |||
10 years anniversary | ||||
22 Dec 2014 | John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924) | |||
22 Dec 2014 | Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963) | |||
22 Dec 2014 | Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (The Grease Band) (b. 1944) | |||
22 Dec 2014 | Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1925) | |||
22 Dec 2014 | Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927) | |||
22 Dec 2014 | Joe Cocker died of lung cancer in Crawford, Colorado aged 70. The Sheffield-born singer had a career lasting more than 40 years, with hits including his cover of The Beatles' 'With A Little Help From My Friends', 'You Are So Beautiful' and 'Up Where We Belong'. He was made an OBE in 2011. |