1719 – Thomas Fleet publishes “Mother Goose’s Melodies For Children”
1796 – 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore, Maryland)
1860 – South Carolina declared an “independent commonwealth”
1865 – 1st US cattle importation law passed.
1917 – The 18th Amendment, authorizing prohibition of alcohol, is approved by the US Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
1936 – Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in San Francisco.
1944 – US Destroyer hull, Spence & Monaghan sink in typhoon (Philippines)
1946 – TV’s 1st network dramatic serial “Faraway Hill” ends 2 month run in US.
1965 – Frank Borman and Jim Lovell splash down in Atlantic after two weeks Gemini VII mission.
1971 – US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland.
1972 – US launches Operation Linebacker II, its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam, as negotiations to end the Vietnam War collapse.
1974 – San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens.
1989 – “I Love Lucy” Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years.
1990 – National League announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St. Peterson, & Washington, D.C. as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win).
1990 – Bush reiterates his “no concessions” stance against Iraq.
1991 – General Motors announces closing of 21 plants.
1996 – US TV industry execs agree to adopt a ratings system.
1997 – HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
2002 – Governor of California Gray Davis announces the state faces a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
2002 – Fashion designer Calvin Klein announces he is selling his company to shirt-maker Phillips-Van Heusen for $430 million.
2011 – The last US troops withdraw from Iraq, formally ending the Iraq War.
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