1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South.
1886 – American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president.
1909 – Bird banding society formed.
1915 – John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” appears anonymously in “Punch” magazine.
1930 – Cole Porter’s musical “NYCers” premieres in NYC.
1931 – Coaxial cable patented.
1940 – National Football League Championship, Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C.; Chicago Bears beat Washington Redskins, 73-0; most one sided victory in NFL history; first NFL title game broadcast on national radio.
1949 – Julie Styne’s “Gentlemen Prefer Blonds” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 performances.
1952 – 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1955 – Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award.
1956 – Guy Mitchell’s “Singing the Blues” single goes #1 for 10 weeks.
1961 – Wilt Chamberlain scores the 2nd highest total in the NBA – 78 points.
1972 – United Airlines crashes at Chicago’s Midway Airport killing 45.
1982 – “Sophie’s Choice”, directed by Alan J. Pakula and based on William Styton’s 1979 novel of the same name, starring Meryl Street and Kevin Kline, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1983).
1987 – US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles.
1992 – NBC announces that “Cheers” will go off the air in May 1993.
2007 – 73rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Tebow, Florida (QB)
2010 – With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
2012 – UN climate conference agrees to extend the Kyoto Protocol to 2020.
2018 – US President Donald Trump announces John Kelly will be stepping down as White House Chief of Staff at the end of the year.
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