1877 – Washington Post publishes its first edition.
1907 – Coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia kills 361 people.
1916 – World War I: The Central Powers under General August von Mackensen capture Bucharest, Romania.
1922 – First electric power line commercial carrier in the United States in Utica, New York.
1939 – 5th Heisman Trophy Award: Nile Kinnick, Iowa halfback.
1944 – United States 95th Infantry Division reaches the German defensive line of Westwall that stretched from the Dutch border to Switzerland during World War II.
1953 – Cleveland Browns’ Lou “Toe” Groza kicks 8 point-after touchdowns, beating the New York Giants 62-14.
1957 – First American attempt to launch a satellite fails when the Vanguard rocket explodes.
1964 – “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” first airs on TV on NBC.
1968 – Professional Bowlers Association National Bowling Championship won by 29-year-old Wayne Zahn.
1973 – Gerald Ford is sworn-in as the first unelected vice president, succeeding Spiro Agnew, who resigned over corruption allegations.
1980 – NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 502.
1984 – Hijackers aboard a Kuwaiti jetliner kills a second hostage.
1988 – Agnes Neil Williams purchases the Baltimore Orioles for $70 million and Eli Jacobs becomes the chief executive officer.
1992 – San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice catches an NFL record 101st touchdown in a 27-3 win over the Miami Dolphins at Candlestick Park.
1994 – Warner Brothers announces a fifth TV network, the Tribune-Time Warner network, to begin on January 11, 1995.
2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor that suggest the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017 – Skirball wildfire near Los Angeles closes Interstate 405 as thousands of people are forced to evacuate.
2020 – President Donald Trump orders 700 troops withdrawn from Somalia.
2023 – Taylor Swift is named Time’s Person of the Year.
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