1865 - The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason. .jpg)
1947 - Heavy snow blanketed the Northeast United States, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours. The severe weather was blamed for about 80 deaths. 
1982 - The Man of the Year in "TIME" magazine was a computer. It was the first time a non-human received the honors. 
1991 - The Soviet Union's parliament formally voted the country out of existence. 
1996 - Six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder,CO. 
2004 - Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. The tsunami killed at least 283,000 people in a dozen countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand and India.
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