A Color Television receiver from Westinghouse ($1,295, or $9,400 in 2006 dollars) became available in the New York area in December 1953 and is generally agreed to be the first production receiver using NTSC color offered to the public.
A less expensive color model from RCA reached dealers in April. NBC made the first coast-to-coast color […]

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Michael I, King of the Romanians, Prince of Hohenzollern reigned as King of the Romanians from July 20, 1927 to June 8, 1930, and again from September 6, 1940 until his abdication on December 30, 1947.
Michael was forced to abdicate by the Romanian Communist Government with threats that they would kill more than 1,000 students […]

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Subhas Chandra Bose, generally known as Netaji (”Respected Leader”), was one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian Independence Movement against the British Raj.
Bose revived the Indian National Army (INA) which had initially been formed under Capt Mohan Singh in 1942 immediately after the fall of Singapore had collapsed in December that year. Subhash […]

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State Route 110 extends from Interstate 10 and Interstate 110 in Los Angeles, California to Glenarm Street in Pasadena, California. Most of the route is known as the Pasadena Freeway.
The original freeway was first named the Arroyo Seco Parkway when it opened to traffic on December 30, 1940. It had no highway number designation when […]

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The Khmer Rouge was the ruling political party of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. It was one of the most lethal regimes of the 20th century.
The Khmer Rouge is remembered mainly for the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million people under its regime, through execution, starvation and forced labor. The Khmer Rouge regime was removed […]

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Nikkei 225 is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). The Nikkei average is the most watched index of Asian stocks.
It has been calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) newspaper since 1971. It is a price-weighted average (the unit is Yen), and the components are reviewed once a year. The […]

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Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a Lockheed L-1011 jet that crashed into the Florida Everglades on the night of December 29, 1972, causing 101 fatalities (77 initial crash survivors, two died shortly afterward).
It was the first crash of a wide-body aircraft. The crash was a controlled flight into terrain as a result of the […]

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Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III is an American actor notable for his television work though he has also been featured in numerous films.
Danson was born in San Diego, California, and raised near Flagstaff, Arizona. In 1961, he was sent to Kent School where he was a basketball star. He became interested in drama while attending […]

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The night of 29 December/30 December 1940 was one of the most destructive air raids of the London Blitz, destroying many Livery Halls and gutting the medieval Great Hall of the City’s Guildhall.
This night, in which almost 200 civilians died, was quickly dubbed The Second Great Fire of London and destroyed an area arguably greater […]

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Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and diarist whose career spans over four decades.
Though accomplished in all four arenas, she is, to some, perhaps still best-known for her musical and personal association with the Rolling Stones in the 1960s. Faithfull was discovered at a Rolling Stones’ launch party by […]

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