1775 – Continental navy organized with 7 ships.
1807 – US Congress passes Embargo Act, prohibiting American ships from trading in all foreign ports, as a result of involvement in hostilities between France and England.
1882 – 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison.
1894 – United States Golf Association forms (NYC)
1910 – US postal savings stamp 1st issued.
1936 – 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa.
1937 – Lincoln Tunnel (NYC) opens to traffic.
1941 – Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, DC, for a wartime conference.
1943 – Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core.
1950 – 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77.
1956 – “New Faces of 1956” closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 221 performances.
1958 – “Chipmunk Song” reaches #1.
1962 – Harris County, Texas voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s.
1965 – “Doctor Zhivago” based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premieres in NYC.
1969 – Pete Maravich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots.
1973 – OPEC Gulf Six decides to raise the posted price of marker crude from $5.12 to $11.65 per barrel effective January 1, 1974.
1976 – “Your Arm’s Too Short…” opens at Lyceum NYC for 429 performances.
1977 – 35 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes.
1995 – David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with NY Yankees.
2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2010 – Repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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