George Washington crosses the Delaware, "To Kill a Mockingbird" premieres, Gorbachev resigns, and passengers on a Christmas flight into Detroit foil the "Underwear Bomber," all on this day.
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1950: Karl Rove, an American political consultant and policy advisor who was senior advisor and deputy chief of staff during the President George W. Bush administration, is born in Denver, Colo.