1790 – 1st successful US cotton mill begins spinning yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island built by Samuel Slater based on Richard Arkwright’s design..
1820 – Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men aged between 21 & 50.
1864 – December 27th, the Battle of Ft. Fisher, NC.
1905 – ‘Philadelphia’ Jack O’Brien wins the World Light Heavyweight boxing title after defending champion Bob Fitzsimmons of England retires in round 13 of 20 in San Francisco.
1919 – US House of Representatives restrict immigration.
1920 – Bob Hope becomes an American citizen.
1926 – St. Louis Cardinals trade future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby to NY Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring: concerns over Hornsby’s gambling.
1940 – Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000.
1945 – Rationing of auto tires ends in US.
1957 – Elvis Presley receives his draft notice to join the US Army for National Service.
1967 – 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam.
1978 – H.R. Halderman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff, released from jail.
1985 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC.
1988 – NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years.
1992 – Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo “Worldwide Reliability”
1995 – American Flight 965 crashes into a mountain in Buga, Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive.
2002 – Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
2009 – President Barack Obama receives his vaccine jab against swine flu.
2017 – US House and Senate pass $1.5 trillion tax and jobs bill, the biggest tax overhaul for decades.
2018 – New figures show the average US male weighs 198 pounds and stands 5 feet 9 inches, women 171 pounds and 5 feet 4 inches.
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