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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Christmas Trivia

The following people died on Christmas Day:

1926 - Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47

1946 - W[illiam] C[laude] Fields dies from pneumonia at 67

1957 - Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87

1977 - Charlie Chaplin dies in Switzerland at 88

1989 - Billy Martin New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61

1989 - Elena Ceausescu wife of Romania's dictator Nicolea, executed

1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu dictator of Romania, executed

1995 - Dean Martin dies at 78

1996 - Jon Benet Ramsey, Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6

1997 - Denver Pyle dies at 77

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