On this day: December 25
POSTED: 10:30 PM PST Dec 22, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 24, 2012
George Washington crosses the Delaware, "To Kill a Mockingbird" premieres, Gorbachev resigns, and passengers on a Christmas flight into Detroit foil the "Underwear Bomber," all on this day.
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1899: Humphrey Bogart, often considered one of the greatest actors in the history of American cinema, is born in New York City. Some of Bogart's best known movies include "The Maltese Falcon," "The Big Sleep," "Casablanca," "Sabrina," "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," "The Caine Mutiny" and "The African Queen," the last of which won him an Academy Award for Best Actor.
