1932 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9–0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game. Because of a blizzard, the game is moved from Wrigley Field to the Chicago Stadium, the field measuring 80 yards (73 m) long.

2003 – SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.

1989 – The first episode of television series The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", airs in the United States.

1973 – The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II.

1970 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet

 meower wrote: 

I am not a fan of the Allman Brothers, but I love Dickey Betts and anything he sang!

 sirdroseph wrote: 

& Dickey Betts from the Allmans. ( ithink his eyes are brown)

Today we celebrate the birth date of old blue eyes, Francis Albert Sinatra.  December 12, 1915

1098 – First Crusade: Siege of Ma'arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they reportedly resort to cannibalism.

1972 – Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.

1934 – Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.

1282 – Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, in mid-Wales.

630 – Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.

1830 — Emily Dickinson is born.

1965 – The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.

1927 – The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" is used for the first time on-air.

1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

 buzz wrote: 
the real problem was the flaming nose hairs and associated debris

 ihiUYUH wrote: 
Slow day day in eternity.