1848 – Gas lights 1st installed at White House (Polk’s administration)
1902 – “The Entertainer” is one of several piano rag compositions copyrighted for Scott Joplin by the US Copyright Office.
1908 – Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
1933 – NY Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth to manage the Cincinnati Reds.
1938 – Construction on Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Seattle, begins.
1955 – Barbra Streisand’s 1st recording “You’ll Never Know” at age 13.
1958 – TV soap “Young Dr. Malone” debuts.
1963 – National Football League Championship, Wrigley Field, Chicago: Chicago Bears beat New York Giants, 14-10; Giants 3rd consecutive championship defeat; played in temperatures under 10 degrees F.
1965 – CBS purchase NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year.
1965 – The Supremes release “My World is Empty Without You”
1967 – Star Trek’s “Trouble With Tribbles” 1st airs.
1972 – Life magazine ceases publication.
1975 – 11 killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in NYC.
1982 – Coach Paul (Bear) Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)
1983 – US formally notifies UNESCO that it will withdraw from the organization on the 1st of January, 1985, in protest over perceived anti-Western bias, efforts to restrict press freedom and wasteful management methods.
1989 – Jane Pauley says goodbye to NBC’s “Today” show.
1989 – Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by the Associated Press.
1997 – Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care.
2007 – Tom Brady sets a then-NFL record, throwing his 50th TC pass, and the New England Patriots become the first team in NFL history to finish the regular season 16-0.
2016 – US President Barack Obama retaliates against Russia for hacking American computer systems and trying to influence the 2006 election by ejecting 35 Russian spies and imposing sanctions.
2018 – 85th Orange Bowl: #1 Alabama beats #4 Oklahoma, 45-34.
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