1775 – First official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS Alfred.
1828 – Andrew Jackson elected 7th US President.
1833 – Oberlin College in Ohio, the first truly coeducational college, opens.
1901 – Milwaukee is dropped from the American League (baseball) & replaced by St. Louis Browns.
1907 – George Cohan’s musical “Talk of the Town” premieres in NYC.
1922 – First successful Technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in NYC.
1931 – Alka Seltzer goes on sale.
1938 – AAUs decides to continue linear measuring system over metric.
1946 – 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
1950 – Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast.
1953 – Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in the Republican Party.
1953 – “In the Jailhouse Now” single recorded by Webb Pierce (Billboard Song of the Year 1955)
1960 – “Camelot” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances.
1971 – US President Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa’s jail term.
1979 – Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400.
1988 – NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner(#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1989 – Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H.W. Bush, declare the Cold War over.
1997 – Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P.J. Carlesimo.
2011 – 7th ACC Championship Game: #21 Clemson beats #5 Virginia Tech, 38-10.
2015 – US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces all combat roles in US armed forces will be opened to women.
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