1835 – Treaty of New Echota is signed between the US government and representatives of a minority Cherokee political faction to cede all lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
1848 – Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s administration)
1891 – Edison patents “transmission of signals electrically” (radio)
1902 – “The Entertainer” is one of several piano rag compositions copyrighted for Scott Joplin by the US Copyright Office.
1908 – Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
1930 – Fred P. Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota to New Orleans.
1937 – Pan Am starts service between San Francisco and Auckland, New Zealand.
1948 – US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit.
1958 – TV soap “Young Dr Malone” debuts.
1965 – CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year.
1968 – AFL Championship, Shea Stadium, NYC: New York Jets beat Oakland Raiders 27-23: Joe Namath 3 TD passes sparks Jets to win.
1975 – 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardai Airport in NYC.
1982 – American college football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant ends his career with University of Alabama (323 wins)
1985 – Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC’s “Today” show.
1992 – Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr killer) clemency.
1997 – Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu.
2007 – Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TD pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0.
2016 – US President Barack Obama retaliates against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2016 presidential election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing sanctions.
2018 – 85th Orange Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #4 Oklahoma, 45-34.
2018 – Record lowest temperature of -111C registered by American satellite Noaa-20 in the western Pacific at top of large storm.
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