Picture of the Day and B'days for Dec. 21

Posted December 21, 2008, 7:23 am


Today is Sunday, Dec. 21, the 356th day of 2008. There are 10 days left in the year. Winter will arrive at 7:04 a.m. Eastern time. The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, begins at sunset.

On Dec. 21, 1620, Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower went ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Mass.

On Dec. 21 1968, Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon. It was the first manned voyage to escape from the gravitational field of planet Earth; the first to enter the gravitational field of another celestial body; the first to escape from the gravitational field of another celestial body; and, the first manned voyage to return to planet Earth from another celestial body.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Freddie Hart is 82. Talk show host Phil Donahue is 73. Movie director John Avildsen is 73. Actress Jane Fonda is 71. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 60. Movie producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is 58.  Tennis Hall-of-Famer Chris Evert is 54. Actress Jane Kaczmarek is 53.  Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 51. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 42.

Picture of the Day: Yea, these Santas are creepy but check out the Easter Bunny at the end.


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