1882 – 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison.
1894 – United States Golf Association forms in New York.
1910 – US postal service stamps 1st issued.
1932 – Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers 1st joint movie “Flying Down to Rio,” directed by Thornton Freeland, premieres in NYC.
1936 – 1st common carrier licensed by ICC, Scranton, Pa.
1943 – Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core.
1958 – “Chipmunk Song” reaches #1.
1962 – Harris County, Texas voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colts .45s.
1963 – Official 30-day mourning period for President John F. Kennedy ends.
1965 – “Doctor Zhivago” based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, directed by David Lean and starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie premieres in NYC.
1969 – Pete Marovich sets NCAA record of hitting 30 of 31 foul shots.
1974 – Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals.
1975 – US President Gerald Ford signs the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
1977 – 36 die as grain elevator at Continental Grain Company plant explodes.
1988 – 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3M in New Jersey.
1995 – David Cone signs $19.5 million, 3 year contract with NY Yankees.
1997 – Merck baldness pill for men approved by FDA.
2001 – Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
2003 – The New York Knicks hire Isiah Thomas as President of Basketball Operations.
2010- Repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy”, a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama.
2016 – Ebola vaccine VSV-EBOV is found to be 70-100% effective in a study published in The Lancet, becoming the world’s first proven vaccine against Ebola.