1911 – Willis Carter presents his influential “Rational Psychrometric Formulae” on air conditioning to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
1931 – Alka Seltzer goes on sale.
1933 – As part of a famous MLB fire sale of players, Philadelphia A’s owner Connie Mack sells catcher Mickey Cochrane to Detroit for $100,000; Cochrane is immediately named Tiger manager.
1938 – AAUs decides to continue linear measuring system over metric.
1944 – Temporary merger of 2 NFL teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Cardinals, dissolves at finish of season; WWII ends before start of 1945 season, so both teams resume normal operations.
1946 – 12 Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB)
1950 – Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast.
1953 – “In the Jailhouse Now” single recorded by Webb Pierce (Billboard Song of the Year 1955)
1956 – Basketball icon Wilt Chamberlain makes his much anticipated varsity debut; scores 52 points and grabs 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time Kansas records in and 87-69 win against Northwestern.
1960 – Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner’s “Camelot” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances.
1967 – Final run of “20th Century Limited” famed NY-Chicago luxury train.
1971 – US President Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa’s jail term.
1982 – 77 degrees F, highest December temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio.
1985 – 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-G)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB.
1989 – Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H.W. Bush, declare the Cold War over.
1997 – Golden State Warriors terminate guard Latrell Sprewell’s four-year, $32 million NBA contract for attacking coach P.J. Carlesimo.
2005 – 1st ACC Championship Game: #22 Florida State beats #5 Virginia Tech, 27-22.
2015 – US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces all combat roles in US armed forces will be open to women.
2019 – Kamala Harris ends her campaign to be the Democratic candidate for president.
2019 – World leaders discussing US President Donald Trump in unflattering terms at NATO reception caught on camera and goes viral.
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