1897 – First submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated.
1907 – As a gesture of the United States’ new presence as a world power, President Theodore Roosevelt sends the ‘Great White Fleet’ on a round-the-world cruise, visiting ports internationally.
1912 – First US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 29 cent parcel post, issued.
1913 – Charlie Chaplin begins his film career at Keystone for $150 a week.
1924 – Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the US Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor.
1930 – Golfer Bobby Jones is the first to win the James E. Sullivan Award as best US amateur athlete.
1944 – US 2nd Infantry division occupies “Heartbreak Crossroads” Wahlerscheid.
1950 – President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against “Communist Imperialism.”
1960 – TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134.
1962 – “Lawrence of Arabia” film, directed by David Lean and starring Peter O’Toole, is released in the United States.
1967 – Wilt Chamberlain of the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs. Chicago.
1972 – Miami Dolphins become first undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-Depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14 billion to local banks.
1985 – John Gotti assumes leadership of New York’s Gambino crime family after ordering the executions of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti.
1991 – MLB expansion club Florida Marlins sign their first player, 16-year-old pitcher Clemente Nunez.
1997 – President Bill Clinton names his Labrador retriever “Buddy.”
2009 – Ben Bernanke, chair of the Federal Reserve, is named Time’s Person of the Year for rescuing the global economy from the Great Recession.
2013 – 79th Heisman Trophy Award: Jameis Winston, Florida State quarterback.
2019 – Mariah Carey’s single “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1 25 years after its release.
2020 – Major winter storm hits the Northeast resulting in at least seven deaths. Binghamton, New York receives 41 inches of snow.
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