On this day: December 28
POSTED: 10:36 PM PST Dec 26, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 27, 2012
An audience goes to the cinema for the first time, streetcars come to San Francisco, The Beatles' "White Album" goes to No. 1, and the first American test-tube baby is born, all on this day.
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1958: In the National Football League Championship Game, the Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants 23-17 at Yankee Stadium in the first ever NFL playoff game to go to sudden death overtime. The game has been described as "The Greatest Game Ever Played" and marked the beginning of the NFL's popularity surge.
