1793 – 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard.
1847 – 1st San Francisco newspaper published (California Star)
1880 – The Great Gale of 1880 devastates parts of Oregon and Washington with high winds and heavy snow.
1903 – Baseball’s National & American Leagues make peace.
1917 – World War I: the Battle of Rafa occurs near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
1936 – Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army.
1942 – In his 20th title defense, Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in the 1st round of their rematch to retain his world heavyweight boxing title at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
1945 – US soldiers led by Gen Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines.
1951 – “Life After Tomorrow”, 1st film to receive an “X” rating, premieres.
1953 – Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 points in basketball game.
1959 – “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV.
1967 – NFL New Orleans’ franchise takes name “Saints”
1972 – Led by future Lakers star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee Bucks beat LA Lakers, 120-104, ending LA’s consecutive win streak at 33, the longest winning streak in major league sports history.
1979 – High-school player Darryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throw.
1984 – “TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes” premieres on NBC-TV (Whoops).
1989 – Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 – Baseball officially bans Peter Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame for betting on baseball.
1998 – Hockey News selects Wayne Gretzky as the best NHL player ever.
2002 – Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American Music Awards.
2007 – Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
2018 – Former White House strategist Steve Bannon leaves Breitbart News after his criticism of the White House in “Fire and the Fury” book.
2019 – US President Donald Trump makes Oval Office address live on TV over government shutdown and border wall.
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