1732 – Benjamin Franklin under the name Richard Saunders begins publication of “Poor Richard’s Almanack”
1823 – Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law in US.
1843 – “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is published, 6,000 copies sold.
1871 – Albert L Jones of New York City patents corrugated paper.
1910 – Rayon 1st commercially produced in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
1918 – Robert Ripley began his “Believe It or Not” column (NY Globe)
1933 – Electric Home & Farm Authority Inc, authorized.
1942 – Robert Stroud “Birdman of Alcatraz” is transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
1948 – 8th largest snowfall in NYC history(15.3″)
1950 – General Eisenhower named NATO commander.
1955 – Carl Perkins records “Blue Suede Shoes”
1962 – Transit 5A1, 1st operational navigational satellite, launched.
1972 – Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth.
1974 – Nelson Rockefeller is sworn as Vice President of the United States.
1980 – Iran requests $24 billion in US guarantees to free hostages.
1985 – Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.
1994 – Rolls-Royce announces its future cars will feature V12 engine which will be produced by BMW.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forward articles 1 and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
2014 – The Guardian newspaper calls 2014 ‘The year the people stood up’
2016 – US electoral collage votes 304 to 227 to nominate Donald Trump for President over the objection of seven faithless electors.
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