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Doodling, drowsiness and a conspicuous misspelling highlight Trump’s last Cabinet meeting of 2025.
The last big case against Trump has been dropped. The U.S. justice and political systems have shown that they can’t hold the president and his allies to account for trying to steal the 2020 election.
Sabrina Carpenter and Franklin the Turtle publisher condemn Trump administration’s use of their work.
Pete Hegseth already bragged about that second strike. The defense secretary admitted in September that he watched the strike.
MechaHItler returns: Grok would still choose killing all Jews over destroying Elon Musk’s brain.
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Ten class action settlements you can claim in December 2025.
Florida man with ‘come back with a warrant’ doormat arrested in fraud scheme.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor.
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History highlight:
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed more than 3,800 people outright and injured 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
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Quote of the Day:
Be very, very careful what you put in that head of yours because you will never, ever get it out.
--Thomas Wolsey (Wikipedia link)
Today’s holidays:
Business of Popping Corn Day, GivingTuesday, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, National Fritters Day, National Mutt Day, National Skip School Day, National Special Education Day, Play Basketball Day, Safety Razor Day, World Computer Literacy Day, World Nuclear Energy Day, and World Trick Shot Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2007 – Winter storms caused the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometer (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. The flood was responsible for at least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages.
1994 – Sony released the PlayStation game console in Japan.
1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group used a personal computer to send the world’s first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1989 – In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev released statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.
1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed more than 3,800 people outright and injured 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans were suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
1979 – Production of the AMC Pacer ended.
1973 – Pioneer 10 sent the first close-up images of Jupiter.
1968 – “Singer Presents ... Elvis”, commonly referred to as the “‘68 Comeback Special”, was broadcast on NBC. It became the most-watched show of the television season, earning 42% of the television audience. (Video)
1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
1960 – The musical Camelot debuted at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. (Video)
1947 – Tennessee Williams’ play “A Streetcar Named Desire“ premiered at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City.
1929 – President Herbert Hoover delivered his first State of the Union message to Congress. It s presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opened to traffic.
1910 – Modern neon lighting was first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a 20,000-word report to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts “within reasonable limits”.
1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
1800 – United States presidential election: The Electoral College cast votes for president and vice president that resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
1775 – USS Alfred became the first vessel to fly the Continental Union Flag (precursor to the “Stars and Stripes“); the flag was hoisted by John Paul Jones.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
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Some Birthdays:
1985 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress (Video)
1981 – Brian Bonsall, American actor and musician
1980 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1979 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
1968 – Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer (Video)
1965 – Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress
1965 – Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
1963 – Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (died 2005)
1960 – Julianne Moore, American actress and author (Video)
1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer (Video)
1949 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (died 2017)
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter (died 2025) (Video)
1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (died 2022)
1927 – Andy Williams, American singer (died 2012) (Video)
1925 – Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (died 2011)
1924 – John Backus, American computer scientist, led the team that developed FORTRAN (died 2007)
1911 – Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (died 1979) (Video)
1895 – Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1982)
1842 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (died 1899)
1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (died 1828)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2003 – David Hemmings, English actor (born 1941)
2000 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (born 1922) (Video)
1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (born 1942) (Video)
1981 – Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott’s Berry Farm (born 1889)
1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (born 1850)
1888 – Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (born 1816)
1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (born 1506)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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