December’s Moon is most commonly known as the Cold Moon—a Mohawk name that conveys the frigid conditions of this time of year, when cold weather truly begins to grip us. Read more about December’s Cold Moon here.
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Thursday, December 20, 2029
Born
- Harvey Samuel Firestone (tire manufacturer) –
- Irene Dunne (actress) –
- George Roy Hill (director of film) –
- Nicole DeBoer (actress) –
- Jonah Hill (actor) –
- JoJo (singer) –
Died
- Bobby Darin (singer) –
- Arthur Rubenstein (pianist) –
- Carl Sagan (astronomer) –
- J. Russell Coffey (oldest known U.S. veteran of World War I) –
- Robert Mulligan (director) –
- Brittany Murphy (actress) –
- Steve Landesberg (actor) –
Events
- Operation of first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in U.S. began, Pawtucket, Rhode Island –
- Louisiana Purchase finalized –
- Missouri imposed a $1 tax on bachelors –
- South Carolina seceded from the Union –
- Name “Canadian National Railways” was authorized –
- Frank Capra’s movie It’s a Wonderful Life makes its debut at the Globe Theatre in New York City. –
- 24-lb. 8-oz. horse-eye jack caught, Miami, Florida –
- California angler caught 230-pound Nile perch in Lake Nasser, Egypt –
Weather
- Temperatures in central Illinois dropped from 40 to 0 degrees F in a sudden cold snap that was said to freeze chickens in their tracks –
- Snowstorm began in Denver, Colorado, that delivered up to 30 inches of snow –