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

🎒🐰💭’On 21 Dec 1891, 1st game of basketball with rules created by James Naismith, was played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 20 Dec 1879, Thomas Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 19 Dec 1843, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is published.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 18 Dec 1892, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Nutcracker Suite” premieres.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 17 Dec 1865, Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony” premieres.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 16 Dec 1497, Portuguese navigator sail along Africa’s East Coast, and names it Natal.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 15 Dec 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 14 Dec 2004, The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.‘

🎒🐰💭’On 13 Dec 1962, NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.‘