1901 – King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor blades.
1916 – National Baseball Commissioner orders that injured players get get full pay for duration of their contracts; injury clause previously let clubs suspend players after 15 days’ pay.
1927 – 1st Model A Ford sold for $385.
1939 – NY’s La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight.
1944 – US 95th infantry division occupies bridge at Saar.
1951 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson has his #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in franchise history.
1954 – US Senate censures Joseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for “conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute”
1957 – Sam Cooke’s single “You Send Me” reaches #1.
1961 – Fidel Castro declares he’s a Marxist & will lead Cuba to Communism.
1968 – US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor.
1978 – Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand’s “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” hits #1.
1981 – Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela becomes 3rd consecutive LA Dodgers player to be named National League Rookie of the Year; Rick Sutcliffe 1979, Steve Howe 1980.
1985 – Chicago Bears’ head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan almost come to blows at halftime in a 38-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins at the Orange Bowl, Miami; Chicago’s only loss of the NFL season.
1986 – Dow Jones index hits record 1,955.57.
1990 – First time 12 people in space at the same time.
1997 – MCI Center opens in Washington, D.C., Wizards vs Supersonics.
2013 – China launches its first moon rover mission.
2016 – Donald Trump takes a call with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen in a break from America’s long standing “One China” policy.
2020 – US Attorney General William Barr says there is not evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, despite claims by President Donald Trump.
2020 – US records its largest daily death toll for COVID-19 at 2,885 and for the first time patient numbers in hospital exceeds 100,000.
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