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December 23: The Emperor's Birthday in Japan; Ziemassvetki in Latvia; the traditional date of Festivus.

1823 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, was first published.
1947 - The transistor (pictured), invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, was first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
1954 - The first successful human organ transplant: Drs. Joseph Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison transplanted a kidney to a patient from his twin brother.
1972 - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris made the Immaculate Reception of the football passed "to" him by quarterback Terry Bradshaw near the end of a playoff game.
1990 - The Republic of Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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December 23: The Emperor's Birthday in Japan; Ziemassvetki in Latvia; the traditional date of Festivus.

1823 - A Visit From St. Nicholas, attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, was first published.
1947 - The transistor (pictured), invented by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley, was first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
1954 - The first successful human organ transplant: Drs. Joseph Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison transplanted a kidney to a patient from his twin brother.
1972 - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris made the Immaculate Reception of the football passed "to" him by quarterback Terry Bradshaw near the end of a playoff game.
1990 - The Republic of Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

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