1784 – John Jay becomes 1st US Secretary of State (foreign affairs)
1829 – 1st stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore.
1864 – General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia.
1891 – 1st game of basketball, based on rules created by James Naismith, played by 18 students in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1909 – 1st junior high school established (Berkeley, California)
1913 – 1st crossword puzzle (with 32 clues) printed in NY World.
1914 – 1st feature-length silent film comedy “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” released starring Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin.
1929 – 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas, TX)
1933 – Fox films signs Shirley Temple, 5 years old, to a studio contract.
1937 – The first full-length animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classic series, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theater.
1949 – “Samson and Delilah”, directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamar and Victor Mature, premieres in New York.
1961 – Beatles record “Sweet Georgia Brown” and “Ready Teddy”
1975 – “Hello Dolly” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances.
1976 – UN General Assembly passes a resolution declaring 1979-Year of Child.
1981 – Cincinnati beats Bradley 75-73 in 7 OTs (NCAA record)
1983 – NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men’s basketball free throw rule.
1985 – Heart’s “Heart” album goes #1.
1994 – Bomb goes off on #4 train on Fulton Street, NYC.
2012 – The NHL announces a further cancellation of games until January 14 bringing the total number of cancelled games to 625.
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