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1848 – First gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco.

1914 – US Government protests British interference with American merchant ships at sea on the same day Germans announce they will treat food as contraband subject to seizure weakens American’s protest.

1917 – US government took over operation of American railroads for the duration of World War I.

1928 – Johnny Weissmuller announces his retirement from amateur swimming.

1933 – FM radio patent granted to American engineer Edwin Howard Armstrong.

1941 – Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the Congress, warning that Axis would “stop at nothing.”

1947 – Heavy storm blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8″ of snow n 16 hours.

1950 – Gillette & Mutual buy baseball’s All Star & World Series rights for $6 million for 6 years.

1955 – National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams 38-14. Browns defend title and win their third NFL Championship of the 1950s in a second straight rout.

1963 – The Beatles released “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “I Saw Her Standing There” in the United States.

1973 – Two Skylab 3 astronauts walk in space for a record 7 hours.

1974 – Washington Capitals have their firs NHL sellout.

1982 – TIME’s Man of the Year is a computer.

1986 – TV soap “Search for Tomorrow” ends 35-year run.

1991 – Future Pro Football Hall Hall of Fame coach Chuck Noll retires as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (1969-1991).

1998 – Iraq announces its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones.

2001 – Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) record one of the their largest 1-day jumps of the year as traders become convinced that OPEC will follow through on production cuts.

2012 – China opens the world’s longest high-speed rail route from Beijing to Guangzhou.

2018 – American Colin O’Brady is the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted after 54 days at the Ross Ice Shelf.