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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2014. There are eight days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 23, 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team led by Dr. Joseph Murray removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick's twin brother, Richard, who was dying of chronic nephritis. (Because the donor and recipient were identical twins, tissue rejection was not an issue. Richard Herrick lived until 1962; Ronald Herrick died in 2010.)

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In 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area "not exceeding ten miles square" for the seat of the national government; about 2/3 of the area became the District of Columbia.

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In 1823, the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" was published anonymously in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel; the verse, more popularly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," was later attributed to Clement C. Moore.

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In 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera "Haensel und Gretel" was first performed, in Weimar, Germany.

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In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act.

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In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network.

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In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored the civil rights of about 1,500 people who'd been jailed for opposing the (First) World War.

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In 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese.

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In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo.

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In 1953, the Soviet Union announced the execution of Lavrentiy Beria, former head of the secret police, for treason.