^B{^#!16!12 December^N! National Day of Kenya. Feast day of St Jane Frances de Chantel, St Corentin or Cury, Saints Epimachus and Alexander, St Edburga of Minster, St Vicelin, and St Finnian of Clonard.
^B{1896^B} Guglielmo Marconi gave the first public demonstration of radio at Toynbee Hall, London, UK. ^B{1915^B} The first all-metal aircraft, the German ^I{Junkers J1^I}, made its first flight. ^B{1925^B} The world's first motel, in San Luis Obispo, California, opened. ^B{1955^B} Bill Haley and the Comets recorded 'See You Later Alligator' at Decca Recording Studios, New York. ^B{1955^B} British engineer Christopher Cockerell patented the first hovercraft. ^B{1989^B} US billionairess Leona Helmsley, dubbed the 'Queen of Greed', was fined $7 million and sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, ^B{1821^B}; Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, ^B{1863^B}; Edward G Robinson, US film actor, ^B{1893^B}; Frank Sinatra, US singer and actor, ^B{1915^B}; Dionne Warwick, US singer, ^B{1941^B}; Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver, ^B{1960^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Robert Browning, English poet, ^B{1889^B}; Douglas Fairbanks, Sr, US film actor, ^B{1939^B}; Peter Fraser, New Zealand politician, ^B{1950^B}; Tallulah Bankhead, US actress, ^B{1968^B}; Anne Baxter, US film actress, ^B{1985^B}.
