Today in History Highlights from 1963 and Earlier
Highlights record notable events on December 23 across history. From Clement Moore’s poem A Visit from St. Nicholas anonymously published in 1823 to Tojo’s 1948 execution and Beria’s 1953 firing squad, with modern notes on Harding famine relief and Pope John XX’s 1963 message.
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Troy
N.Y
Sentinel
Clement Moore
St. Nicholas
John XX
Brown and Warren Buck Hunting Trip Near Colusa
Gov Edmund G Brown and Chief Justice Earl Warren hunted on a ranch near Colusa in the Sacramento Valley Brown reportedly missed nothing with his first goose shot and every subsequent shot brought down game Warren, a former California governor, joined the Democrat on the weekend outing Also includes a drink driving safety slogan.
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Colusa
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
California
Earl Warren
United States
Brown
Warren
Sacramento Valley
Growth of Stock Ownership Expands Across Nations
Premier Khrushchev’s warning sparks reflection on rising stock ownership worldwide. The number of shareholders grows from the United States to Japan and Western Europe, with estimates showing millions owning shares, many via pensions and employee stakes. The 1958 to 1962 period shows a 3% rise in stockholders among major U.S. employers.
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New York
Khrushchev
United States
Japan
New York Stock Exchange
Western
Europe
Britain
West Germany
Volkswagen
France
Italy
1933 Best Books Selected By Booksellers Panel
A panel of bookshop owners educators librarians and reviewers selects top titles of 1933. Notable works include Baldwin Buck Catton Conent Desrèches Noblecourt Michener Mitford Morisen North Salinger Weet and Updike with fiction non fiction and poetry highlights across publishers and genres.
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James Baldwin
Dial
James Conent
McGraw-Hill
U. S
Tutankhamen
Christians Desrech
Noblecourt
New York Graphic
Lfe
Arthur H. Lewis
Harcourt, Brace & World
Hetty Green
James A. Michener
Random House
Afghanistan
Jessica Mitford
Simon & Schuster
Samuel Billet Morisen
Atlantic- Little, Brown
Rascal
Sterling North
Dutton
J. Ded. Salinger
Little Brown
Glass
Buddy
Brman
Merrie L. Weet
Youth Suspected in Apparent Poison Tea Case
Police allege Robert Taylor, a German youth, tried to poison his father, Georg Thiess, a 49 year old Munich film producer, by serving tainted tea. Formal charges await. The pair argued in February after Thiess warned police he suspected insecticide was in the tea. Ursula Thiess is his mother and married Taylor in 1954. The boy may be held during investigation by the state prosecutor under German law.
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Robert Taylor
Munich
Georg Thiess
Ursula Thiess
Taylor
Thiess
Taylor's Stepson, 18, Accused of Murder Attempt
Munich police arrest Michael Thiess, an 18-year-old stepson of a Hollywood star, in an alleged murder attempt case. Authorities say the suspect is in custody as the investigation continues.
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Taylor
Munich
Germany
Michael Thiess
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Warren Harding
Hideki Tojo
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Louis Auchincloss
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the Group
Maynard Reece
Mandate For
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Hockom's Body Shop