Each week we draw from ALL that week's anniversaries and birthdays to give away a birthday prize pack from our sponsors:
- Collector's coins from Fort Peck Community Federal Credit Union
- Gift certificate from the Apple Trolley
- Certificate good for one order of Toodie's Cafe's famous pancakes
- (2) 6-inch sub meals from Subway

December 12th is the 347th day of the year. There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is Gingerbread House Day, Poinsettia Day and World Book Sniffing Day

In 1787, Pennsylvania became the second state of the American Union.
In 1792, Ludwig van Beethoven, 22, noted in his diary he had enough money for his first music lesson with Franz Joseph Haydn.
In 1800, Washington, D.C., was established as the capital of the United States.
In 1822, Mexico was officially recognized as an independent nation by the U.S.
In 1878, Joseph Pulitzer began publishing the St. Louis Dispatch.
In 1897, the comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids" (Hans and Fritz) appeared for the first time in "The New York Journal."
In 1899, George F. Bryant of Boston patented the wooden golf tee.
In 1917, Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb.
In 1925, the first motel, The Motel Inn, opened in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
In 1937, NBC and RCA sent the first mobile TV vans onto the streets of New York.
In 1946, Tide detergent was introduced.
In 1953, Test pilot Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.43 in his Bell X-1A rocket plane.
In 1955, The first prototype of the hovercraft was patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell.
In 1964, Shooting started for the "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage."
In 1965, The Beatles played their last concert in Great Britain at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.

Actors:

Madchen Amick is 54 (“Twin Peaks,” “Witches of East End”)
Mayim Bialik is 49 (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Blossom”)
Chanel Celaya is 33 (“21 Jump Street,” “Portend”)
Jennifer Connelly is 54 (“Labyrinth,” “Noah”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Paul Bettany since 2003 – they met in 2001 while working on “A Beautiful Mind”)
Sarah Douglas is 72 (“Superman I and II,” “Conan the Destroyer”)
Regina Hall is 54 (“Scary Movie” franchise, “Think Like a Man”)
Wings Hauser is 77 (“Lightning Force,” “Roseanne”)
Daniel Magder is 33 (“X-Men,” “Angel Eyes”)
Bill Nighy is 75 (“Love Actually,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”)
Kate Todd is 37 (“Radio Free Roscoe,” “My Babysitter’s a Vampire”)
Sheree Wilson is 66 (“Dallas,” “Walker, Texas Ranger”)
The late Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) (“Double Indemnity,” “Key Largo”) (FAST FACT: In Hollywood’s Golden Age, he was best known for his roles as a gangster, such as Rico in “Little Caesar,” and as Rocco in “Key Largo.”)