🎒🐰💭’31 Dec 2004, Taipei 101: the tallest skyscraper in the world, at a height of 509 metres (1,670 feet) opened officially.‘

🎒🐰💭’30 Dec 1973, 1st picture of a comet from space was captured.‘

🎒🐰💭’29 Dec 1862, the bowling ball was invented.‘

🎒🐰💭’28 Dec 1612, Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” later named Neptune without realising it is a planet.‘

🎒🐰💭’27 Dec 1945, the World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.‘

🎒🐰💭’26 Dec 1982, TIME’s Man of the Year is a computer.‘

🎒🐰💭’25 Dec 1, calendar-maker Dionysus Exiguus marks the date as 1st Christmas.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 24 Dec 1818, “Silent Night” composed by Franz Xaver Gruber was first sung at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 23 Dec 1954, the first human kidney transplant was performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.’

🎒🐰💭’On 22 Dec 1882, the 1st string of Christmas tree lights was created by Thomas Edison.‘