1773 – Boston tea party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbor in protest against British imposed Tea Ace.
1890 – Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson, TN.
1905 – “Variety” covering all phases of show business, 1st published.
1907 – As a gesture of the US’s new presence as a world power, President Theodore Roosevelt send the ‘Great White Fleet’ on a round-the-world cruise, visiting ports internationally.
1913 – Charlie Chaplin begins his film career at Keystone for $150 a week.
1930 – Golfer Bobby Jones is the first to win the James E. Sullivan Award (best US amateur athlete)
1944 – US 2nd Infantry division occupies “Heartbreak Crossroads” Wahlerscheid.
1950 – US President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against “Communist Imperialism”
1950 – Child star Shirley Temple announces her retirement from films, age 22.
1953 – 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1960 – TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134.
1965 – Gemini 6 returns to earth.
1969 – “Hello Dolly” with Barbra Streisand premieres.
1976 – Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis.
1978 – Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter’s recognition of People’s Republic of China.
1982 – The Federal Reserve announces that the opening capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%.
2009 – Ben Bernanke, Chair of the US Federal Reserve is named Time’s Person of the Year for rescuing the global economy form the Great Recession.
2015 – US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25% for the first time since 2006.
2019 – Mariah Carey’s single “All I Want For Christmas is You” reaches #1, 25 years after release.
2019 – Drew Brees breaks Peyton Manning’s NFL record (539) for career touchdown passes as New Orleans Saints rout Indianapolis Colts, 34-7; Brees 29 of 30 for 307 yards & 4 TDs for record 96.7% pass completion.
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