1849 – 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert in Boston.
1903 – The Wright brothers attempt to fly the Wright Flyer for the first time at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1914 – US President Woodrow Wilson signs Harrison Narcotics Tax Act, to regulate and tax production, importation, and distribution of opiates and coca products.
1916 – America’s first board certified doctors are named by the American Board of Ophthalmology following an examination at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis, Tennessee.
1920 – Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC.
1941 – 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14.
1944 – US Congress establishes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
1947 – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1953 – Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax.
1957 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 performances.
1961 – Jimmy Dean’s “BIg Bad John” is the 1st country song to get a gold record.
1969 – “Leaving on a Jet Plane” single sung by Peter, Paul and Mary, written by John Denver, hits #1 on US Billboard’s Hot Top 100.
1972 – Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon.
1980 – Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24.
1987 – Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new.
1998 – 64th Heisman Trophy Award: Ricky Williams, Texas (RB)
2003 – US President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
2012 – 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
2016 – Amazon announces its 1st delivery by drone 2 km from their warehouse in the UK.
2017 – The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion.
2020 – US Electoral College votes 306-232 to officially affirm Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.
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