1814 – Destruction of schooner Carolina, the last commodore Daniel Patterson’s make-shift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson’s victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1845 – Ether 1st used in childbirth in US in Jefferson, Georgia.
1850 – Hawaiian Fire Department established.
1862 – Battle of Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
1892 – Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)
1900 – Carrie Nation’s 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita, KS)
1906 – 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, Rhode Island.
1915 – US Iron and Steel workers a 3-week strike in Ohio for a eight-hour-day; they are successful as the US needs steel for armaments.
1924 – The US signs a treaty with the Dominican Republic, which supersedes that of 1907; in July, the US had withdrawn its Marines and ended its occupation.
1926 – Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square.
1939 – 1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH)
1945 – Arthur Laurent’s “Home of the Brave” premieres in NYC.
1945 – The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1968 – Apollo 8 returns to Earth.
1983 – Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks in Buffalo.
1985 – Terrorists kill 20 and wound 110 attacking El Al at Rome and Vienna airports. President Reagan blames Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
1993 – Dow Jones hits record 3792.93.
1996 – CARQUEST Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21.
2012 – NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2015.