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December 30, 1924 – Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems.
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December 29, 1888 – The first performance of Macbeth took place at the Lyceum Theatre.
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December 28, 1065 – Westminster Abbey was consecrated under Edward the Confessor.
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December 25, 1941 – ”White Christmas,” written by the formidable composer and lyricist Irving Berlin receives its world premiere on Bing Crosby’s weekly NBC radio program, The Kraft Music Hall. It went on to become one of the most commercially successful singles of all time, and the top-selling single ever until being surpassed by Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997.”
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December 24, 1923 – President Calvin Coolidge touches a button and lights up the first national Christmas tree to grace the White House grounds.
Not only was this the first White House “community” Christmas tree, but it was the first to be decorated with electric lights—a strand of 2,500 red, white and green bulbs.
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December 23, 1942 – Bob Hope agreed to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska. It was the first of the traditional USO Christmas shows.
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December 21, 1974 – Harry Chapin earned his one and only #1 pop hit when his bittersweet story-song “Cat’s In The Cradle” reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
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