1776 – George Washington’s retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey.
1792 – 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens.
1794 – 1st issue of Herald of Rutland, VT published.
1874 – Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie, Kansas.
1909 – Bird banding society found.
1914 – Irving Berlin’s musical “Watch Your Step” premieres in NYC.
1931 – Coaxial cable patented.
1936 – NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black & white teachers.
1941 – US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WWII.
1941 – President Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech to US Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1946 – French fashion designer Christian Dior and his backer Marcel Boussac found fashion house Christian Dior.
1956 – Guy Mitchell’s “Singing the Blues” single goes #1 for 10 weeks.
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214 crashes outside Elkton, Maryland with 81 killed. Only case of lighting caused air crash.
1972 – United Airlines crashes at Chicago’s Midway Airport killing 45.
1975 – “Raisin” closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 847 performances.
1980 – “Bravo” network premieres on cable TV.
1986 – House Dems select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker.
1992 – NBC announces that “Cheers” will go off the air in May 1993.
2007 – 73rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Tebow, Florida (QB)
2010 – With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, Space X becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
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