📜 December 9: On This Day in History |  | Good grief |  Image: IMDB | Each of the following events happened on December 9. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) The animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring characters from Charles Schulz's popular Peanuts comic strip, airs for the first time on American television, and goes on to become a holiday classic.
- B) British PM John Major announces the formal separation of Prince Charles—heir to the British throne—and his wife, Princess Diana. It comes after several years of speculation by the tabloid press that the marriage was in peril, citing evidence that Diana and Charles spent vacations apart and official visits in separate rooms.
- C) The New York Giants win the NFL championship by beating the Chicago Bears, 30-13, in the famous "Sneakers Game." With the temperature at 9 degrees and the Polo Grounds field a sheet of ice, the Giants open the second half wearing basketball shoes and score 27 points in the final quarter to overcome a 13-3 Chicago lead.
- D) A commission of scientists declare smallpox has been eradicated. The disease carries a ~30% chance of death for those who contract it.
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📜 Answers | | C, A, D, B - C) 1934 – The New York Giants win the NFL championship by beating the Chicago Bear in the famous "Sneakers Game."
- A) 1965 – A Charlie Brown Christmas airs for the first time, after CBS executives—unhappy with the music, the pacing, and Linus reading a Bible verse—almost refuse to air it. Good grief!
- D) 1979 – Smallpox is officially declared eradicated. There have been zero reported cases worldwide since 1977.
- B) 1992 – Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially separate. It comes five years before Diana’s tragic death via car accident.
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