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December 22

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In 1944, during the World War II Battle of the Bulge, the Germans demanded the surrender of encircled American troops at Bastogne, Belgium.  Brigadier Gerneral Anthony C. McAuliffe gave his famous one-word reply: "Nuts!"  The Americans were able to hold out until additional U.S. forces ended the siege four days later.

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Lady Bird Johnson  (1912)

TV personality Gene Rayburn  (1917)

The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Jim Wright
(1922)

Actor Hector Elizondo (1932)

Baseball player Steve Carlton  (1944)

CBS News correspondent Diane Sawyer (1945)

Baseball player Steve Garvey (1948)

Singers Maurice and Robin Gibb (1949)

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"The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterwards have a decisive influence over long periods of time."
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Hannah Arendt, American writer (1906-1975)