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1725 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of his chorale cantata Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, which features trumpet fanfares at the start and end.; 1801 – Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres, naming it after the Roman goddess of agriculture and of motherly love.
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Though the Apollo 11 Moon landing is the most watched television event in American history, it is considered a news event, meaning that CBS and Nickelodeon's live telecast of Super Bowl LVIII in 2024 holds the record for the largest average viewership of any live network U.S. television broadcast, with 123.7 million viewers.
Jimmy Carter dies at 100. 179 people were killed in South Korea in a deadliest place crash of 2024. Trump praises H-1B visas. Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan.
Law enforcement secures the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
John Lennon (1940–1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as a founding member of the Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon had a rebellious nature and acerbic wit.
CBS News New York also had live shots from the ball drop countdown starting at 10:30 p.m., and our Lonnie Quinn was in Times Square as part of "Nashville's Big Bash" on CBS.
December 26: Saint Stephen's Day (Western Christianity); Boxing Day in the Commonwealth; Wren Day in Ireland and the Isle of Man; Kwanzaa begins (African diaspora in the Americas) Flannan Isles Lighthouse