TODAY IN HISTORY
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In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made its TV debut on NBC’s “Puppet Playhouse.”
In 1949, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed an act recognizing Indonesia’s sovereignty after more than three centuries of Dutch rule.
In 1964, the Cleveland Browns defeated the Baltimore Colts 27-0 to win the NFL Championship Game played at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.
In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.
In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports; 19 were killed, plus four attackers who were slain by police and security personnel. American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. In 1995, Israeli jeeps sped out of the West Bank town of Ramallah, capping a seven-week pullout giving Yasser Arafat control over 90 percent of the West Bank’s one million Palestinian residents and one-third of its land.
In 2007, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated during a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan following a campaign rally.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Rockabilly musician Scotty Moore is 84. Actor John Amos is 76. Actress Charmian Carr (Film: “The Sound of Music”) is 73. ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 72. Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) and singer Tracy Nelson are 71. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 67. Jazz singermusician T.S. Monk is 66. Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is 64. Actress Tovah Feldshuh and rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) are 63. Actress Maryam D’Abo is 55. Actor Ian Gomez and actress Theresa Randle are 51. Actress Eva LaRue, and former professional wrestler and actor Bill Goldberg are 49. Actress Tracey Cherelle Jones and bluegrass singermusician Darrin Vincent (Dailey & Vincent) are 46. Musician Matt Slocum is 43. Actor Wilson Cruz and singer Olu are 42. Actor Masi Oka is 41. Actor Aaron Stanford is 39. Actress Emilie de Ravin is 34. Rock singer Hayley Williams (Paramore) is 27. Country singer Shay Mooney (Dan & Shay) is 24.