Wednesday, December 8, 2021.

• 1949 - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs
• 1949 - Chinese Nationalist govt moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
• 1949 - Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in NYC
• 1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267 perfs
• 1951 - AL alters its restrictions on night games, adopting NL's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
• 1952 - 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
• 1952 - French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
• 1952 - Isaak Ben-Zwi elected pres of Israel
• 1953 - 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)
• 1954 - Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC
• 1954 - WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 - 21st Heisman Trophy Award: Howard Cassady, Ohio State (HB)
• 1955 - Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
• 1955 - Turkish govt of Menderes forms
• 1956 - 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
• 1956 - 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
• 1956 - Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues," single goes #1 for 10 weeks
• 1959 - Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta
• 1959 - President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
• 1960 - Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium
• 1961 - Antwerp Belgium diocese forms
• 1961 - Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
• 1961 - S Africa v NZ, Durban debuts for Eddie Barlow & Peter Pollock
• 1961 - Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA - 78
• 1962 - "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" closes at Shubert NYC after 300 perfs
• 1962 - 114-day newspaper strike begins in NYC
• 1962 - Failed coup in Brunei
• 1962 - Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)
• 1963 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs
• 1963 - Mickey Wright/Dave Ragan Jr wins LPGA Haig & Haig Scotch Mixed Golf
• 1963 - 3 fuel tanks explodes when jetliner is struck by lightning crashing near Elkton, Maryland-Only case of lightning caused crash, 81 die
• 1965 - Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC
• 1965 - Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
• 1965 - Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
• 1966 - A terrible Yankee trade, Roger Maris for Card's Charlie Smith
• 1966 - US & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
• 1967 - Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in UK
• 1967 - NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
• 1969 - Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, 93 killed
• 1969 - Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
• 1972 - United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45