1862 – Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorado.
1878 – First Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn.
1914 – US marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months.
1924 – 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar for the third consecutive year in 2:29:40.2: 4th race victory.
1930 – Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322.
1940 – 1st $64 Question, “Take It or Leave It”, on CBS Radio.
1944 – NFL Chicago Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1945 – US 7th Army reaches Nuremberg.
1951 – NBA Championship: Rochester Royals beat New York Knicks, 79-75 to take series 4 games to 3; first Finals appearance for both teams.
1952 – Secretaries’ Day (now Administrative Professionals’ Day) is first celebrated.
1956 – Elvis Presley’s 1st hit record, “Heartbreak Hotel”, becomes #1.
1962 – Century 21 Exposition opens in Seattle, Washington.
1967 – Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Allilueva arrives in New York City after defecting to the US.
1976 – Swine Flu vaccine, for non-epidemic, enters testing.
1981 – US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia.
1987 – Dow Jones Average soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history.
1991 – PGA Seniors’ Championship Men’s Golf, PGA National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 4th of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia.
1992 – Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill (a tidal straight separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey, USA)
1995 – FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh and charge him with the Oklahoma City bombing.
2008 – The United States Air Force retires the F-117 Nighthawk.
2018 – Oakland A’s left hander Sean Manaea no-hits the Boston Red Sox.
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