1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces the existence of other galactic systems at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
1929 – Cole Porter’s musical “Wake Up and Dream” opens at the Selwyn Theatre in New York City. It runs for 136 performances.
1936 – United Auto Workers stage first sit-down strike at Fisher Body Plant.
1948 – “Kiss Me, Kate” opens at New Century Theater in New York City. It runs for 1,077 performances.
1950 – “Sixty Minute Man” single released by The Dominoes. It’s Billboard Song of the Year in 1951.
1953 – The first NTSC color television sets go on sale for about $1,175 each from RCA.
1956 – National Football League Championship, Yankee Stadium, New York City: New York Giants beat Chicago Bears 47-7 for their fourth NFL title.
1959 – George Washington, the first ballistic missile submarine, commissioned.
1963 – Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar in honor of President John F. Kennedy.
1972 – President Richard Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks.
1977 – President Jimmy Carter holds first news conference by a U.S. President in Eastern Europe. Carter was in Warsaw, Poland.
1978 – Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach.
1980 – “Wonderful World of Disney” last performance on NBC-TV.
1988 – Oliver North subpoenas Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as defense witnesses for his upcoming trial.
1996 – Proposed budget cuts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
2005 – Tropical Storm Zet forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone to form in the North Atlantic basin.
2008 – National Football League’s Denver Broncos fire head coach Mike Shanahan.
2012 – Nine people are killed and 26 are injured in a tour bus crash off Interstate 84 in Oregon.
2018 – Patrick Mahomes becomes only the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns during the Kansas City Chiefs’ 35-3 win over the Oakland Raiders. He achieves both marks with a third quarter 89-yard touchdown pass to Demarcus Robinson.
2019 – 86th Orange Bowl: #6 Florida beats #24 Virginia 36-28.
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