- 1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record
Sports History
1998 Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding talk on FOX (Taped Dec 22nd)
- 2004 54th Berlin International Film Festival: "Head-On" wins the Golden Bear
- 2004 Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion
- 2004 Twenty-three Chinese people drown when a group of 35 cockle-pickers are trapped by rising tides in Morecambe Bay, England. Twenty-one bodies are recovered.
- 2006 Super Bowl XL, Ford Field, Detroit, MI: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10; MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR
- 2008 A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
- 2009 59th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Milk of Sorrow" wins the Golden Bear
- 2009 The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal runs aground off Oahu, Hawaii, damaging the ship as well as a coral reef
Super Bowl
2012 Flavor Flav and Elton John appear in a Pepsi Co. ad during Super Bowl XLVI
Super Bowl
2012 Super Bowl XLVI, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 21-17; MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB
Film & TV History
2014 Google Vice President Susan Wojcicki is named CEO of YouTube
Event of Interest
2014 US President Obama and journalists globally call for the release of 3 Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt
- 2015 65th Berlin International Film Festival: "Taxi" wins the Golden Bear
Music History
2015 70's glam rocker Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) found guilty of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and one of having sex with a girl under the age of 13 between 1975 and 1980
- 2015 70s British rock star Gary Glitter is convicted of sexual child abuse charges in London
- 2016 Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities
- 2017 African Cup of Nations 2017: Cameroon defeat Egypt 2-1 in Libreville
- 2017 Heavy metal band Black Sabbath play their last concert in their home town Birmingham, England
- 2017 Romanian government scraps corruption degree after 6 days of mass demonstrations
Super Bowl
2017 Super Bowl LI, NRG Stadium, Houston, TX: New England Patriots defeat Atlanta Falcons, 34-28; MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB
- 2018 A share market sell off starts on Wall Street with Dow Jones sinking 4.6%, spreads around the globe
Music Concert
2018 American singer-songwriter Paul Simon announces his farewell tour - a retirement from touring, but not necessarily from live performance
- 2018 Dow Jones Industrial Average has largest intraday point swing, dropping over 1,413 points
- 2019 China’s first science fiction blockbuster, “The Wandering Earth” premieres, directed by Frant Gwo, based on a story by Liu Cixin
- 2019 Pierre Davis is the first transgender designer to show at New York Fashion Week with label No Sesso
Event of Interest
2019 Pope Francis admits for the first time that clerics have sexually abused nuns
Event of Interest
2020 US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress
- 2021 Ocean life is being drowned out by human noise, especially shipping, construction, sonar and seismic surveys according to new research [1]
- 2022 Body of five-year old Moroccan boy Rayan Oram retrieved from the well he fell down four days previously after huge rescue effort [1]
- 2022 NHL All Star Game, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada: Metropolitan All Stars win four-team, 3-on-3 tournament; MVP: Claude Giroux LW Philadelphia Flyers
- 2022 Sanaz Toossi's play "English" premieres off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2023) [1]
- 2022 Six days before his 50th birthday, 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater wins his 8th Pipeline title beating 22-year old Hawaiian Seth Moniz in the final
65th Grammy Awards
2023 65th Grammy Awards: Best Album Harry Styles "Harry’s House”, Best Record Lizzo "About Damn Time", Best Song Bonnie Raitt “Just Like That”, Beyoncé breaks record for most wins with her 32nd Grammy [1]
- 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games, Las Vegas, Nevada: NFC beats AFC, 35-33 in new format; skills competitions & 3 x non-contact 7-on-7 flag football games rather than actual tackle football game
