1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
1759 – First music store in America opens (Philadelphia).
1816 – Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston.
1879 – First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington, Delaware).
1918 – US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany.
1922 – Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players’ sleeves and caps.
1928 – Clip-on tie designed.
1936 – Green Bay Packers win NFL championship with a 10-1-1 record under coach Curly Lambeau.
1944 – Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138.
1950 – James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
1961 – Jimmy Dean’s Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller.
1962 – Relay 1 communication satellite launched.
1964 – Shirley Englehorn & Sam Snead wins Haig & Haig Mixed Foursome Golf.
1967 – San Diego, CA records snow at a zero elevation after temperatures plunge 19 degrees (F) in eight hours.
1975 – 1st time “Saturday Night Live” uses a time delay, Richard Pryor hosts.
1979 – “Oklahoma!” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 301 performances.
1984 – Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke.
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy” directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best Picture 1990).
1994 – American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15.
2010 – 76th Heisman Trophy Award: Cam Newton, Auburn (QB).
2015 – COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 200 countries to attempt to tackle rising global temperatures.
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