On this day:

Monday, Dec. 1:

  * Playboy Magazine hits the news stands for the first time in 1953.  Though the magazine was quickly profitable, Playboy TV took 13 years to get into the black:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=425412

Tuesday, Dec. 2: 

 * Ford introduces the new Model A in 1927. Pricing for its predecessor and some Ford history:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=74961

Wednesday, Dec. 3:

  * King Camp Gillette applies for a patent on a safety razor with disposable blades in 1901.  How to care for those razor blades:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=25551

Thursday, Dec. 4:

  *  First Heisman trophy awarded in 1935 to Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.  One woman has married two Heisman winners:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=91244

Friday, Dec. 5:

  * Charlemagne becomes King of the Franks in 771.  Pictures of Charlemagne's Chapel in Aachen, Germany:

 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374080

Saturday, Dec. 6:

  * The explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax harbor on this day in 1917 was so powerful that it was used in preliminary estimates of the strength of the atomic bomb:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=173543

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unday, Dec. 7:

  * Misinformation following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=509857

Monday, Dec. 8:

*  John Lennon murdered in New York (1980).  Lennon's family background:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=457633

Tuesday, Dec. 9:

 * On this day in 1992, the separation of Princess Diana and Prince Charles is announced.  Other significant events for this date:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=273762

Wednesday, Dec. 10:

  * On this date in 1910, the first five Nobel Prizes were awarded (Chemistry, Physics, Literature, Medicine and Peace) were awarded in Stockholm:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=241184

Thursday, Dec. 11:

  * Six years ago on this day China entered the WTO.  An early estimate of the impact:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=71385

Friday, Dec. 12:

  * Largest one-day drop in the Dow-Jones Industrial Average, 24.39% in 1914.  Tracking the Dow:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=780311

Saturday, Dec. 13:

  *  Ellis Bell publishes 'Wuthering Heights' in 1847.  That was Emily Bronte's pseudonym at publication. Bronte never married:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=320630

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Sunday, Dec. 14:

  * Birthday of Nostradamus in 1503 at the start of the French Renaissance.  His prophecies on war:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=174000

Monday, Dec. 15:

  * Birthday of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, French engineer.  Nine other things to do in Paris besides visiting his radio tower: 

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=593986

Tuesday, Dec. 16:

  * Boston Tea Party in 1773.  More on the tax:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=95484

Wednesday, Dec. 17:

  *  Dealing with awkward gift-giving requirements at Christmas: 

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=126142

Thursday, Dec. 18:

  *  What it takes to start a Christmas tree farm:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=142345

Friday, Dec. 19:

  *  Lutefisk is a Scandinavian lye-soaked cod dish served at Christmas.   But is it Norwegian or Swedish?

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=252321

Saturday, Dec. 20:

  * The Louisiana Purchase was completed on this date in 1803, which soon made New Orleans the second largest port in the U.S.:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=296832

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Sunday, Dec. 21: Winter solstice

Hanukkah begins (sundown)

  * On this day in 1933, 20th Century Fox signed 5-year-old Shirley Temple to a studio contract.  She appeared in "Little Miss Marker" early in 1934:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=77146

Monday, Dec. 22: 

  * The U.S. Golf Association was formed in New York City on this date in 1894, forerunning the creation of the "golf widow":

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=45043

Tuesday, Dec. 23: Emperor's Birthday -- Japan

  *  Holiday tipping protocol for personal services people:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=287831

Wednesday, Dec. 24:

  * With the support of Puritans, in the mid-1600s the English government suppressed Christmas as a holiday:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=121234

Thursday, Dec. 25: Christmas

  *  "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" in many languages:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=132869

Friday, Dec. 26: Boxing Day

  *  Though Boxing Day is widely celebrated in the Commonwealth countries, its origins are uncertain:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=290351

Saturday, Dec. 27:

  * HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, sets sail in 1831.  Darwinism's development during the 19th Century: 

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=374387

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Sunday, Dec. 28:

  * Born on this day in 1934: Dame Maggie Smith, known widely as Prof. Minerva McGonagall in the "Harry Potter" movies.  Send her a birthday card here:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=45656

Monday, Dec. 29:

  * Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, considered the last between American natives and U.S. troops.  History of other battles:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=604934

Tuesday, Dec. 30:

  * The Poison Prevention Packaging Act is signed this day in 1970. A history of poison warnings:

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=189105

Wednesday, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve

  * New Year's Eve in the desert:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=786209