Daily Calendar for Sunday, December 23, 2018

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Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (Swedish scientist) – 1722
Joseph Smith (religious leader; organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) – 1805
Madam C. J. Walker (entrepreneur, philanthropist, social activist) – 1867
Robert Bly (poet) – 1926
Marsha Gomez (Sculptor and activist; born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) – 1951
Eddie Vedder (musician) – 1964

Saturn’s moon Rhea discovered – 1672
George Washington resigned as Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army and retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Virginia, with no inkling that he would be drafted to President 6 years later – 1783
A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, first published – 1823
Part of Vincent Van Gogh’s left ear was cut off – 1888
Reginald Fessenden became the first person to transmit voice over a wireless radio – 1900
Transistor first demonstrated – 1947
Jeanne Sauvé was appointed governor-general of Canada – 1983
Lorenza Mungin caught a record-setting 20-lb. 9-oz. southern flounder in Nassau Sound, Florida. – 1983
U.S. pilots, Dick Rutan and Jeanna Yeager, landed the experimental aircraft Voyager in California after a record 9-day 4-minute nonstop flight around the world without refueling – 1986

Ships were lost in a storm on Long Island Sound – 1811
Strong northerly winds generated a windchill of -100 degrees F in North Dakota – 1983
Williston, North Dakota, recorded a temperature of -50 degrees F – 1983
9.6 inches of snow fell in Wilmington, North Carolina – 1989