December 31st 1879 inventor Thomas Edison gives the first public
demonstration of his electric incandescent light bulb and his
laboratory in Menlo Park New Jersey 1961 the United States winds down the
marshall plan after distributing more than twelve billion dollars in foreign
aid to European countries following world war 2 1937 probably high school
actor Anthony Hopkins whose intense characters on stage and screen include
Hannibal Lecter in the Silence of the Lambs is born in Wales 1905
Broadway composer jule styne is born in London among his works
funny girl and gentlemen prefer blondes and 1948
song writer Donna Summer dubbed the queen of disco back in the seventies was
born in Boston today in history
December 31st and donahue The Associated Press