Lillian Disney(wife of Walt Disney; came up with the name Mickey Mouse)–
John Spencer(actor)–
Michiaki Takahashi(virologist best know for inventing first chickenpox vaccine
)–
Events
On December 16, 1620, the British ship Mayflower arrived at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Soon after, the Pilgrims began building their settlement, Plymouth Colony.
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A group of American patriots dressed as Indians dumped British tea overboard in Boston Harbor, protesting taxes by the British government; the event is referred to as the Boston Tea Party–
Earthquake in Mississippi River Valley near Madrid, Missouri–
Magnitude-8.1 earthquake in northeast Arkansas–
Hiram W. Hayden patented a machine to make brass kettles–
Second (and current) Cape Hatteras, N.C., lighthouse likely first lit–
Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published–
7.1 earthquake, Fairview Peak, Nevada–
The film Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta, premiered. This film is credited with accelerating the disco craze–
Students’ satellite STARSHINE-2 deployed–
9,000th episode of All My Children aired–
Weather
The temperature in Hanover, New Hampshire, was -17 degrees F in a bitter cold snap that hit New England–
Ice jam closed Ohio River from Warsaw, Kentucky, to Rising Sun, Indiana–
