1776 – George Washington’s retreating army crosses Delaware River from New Jersey.
1792 – 1st cremation in US, Henry Laurens.
1863 – Abraham Lincoln issues his Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of the South.
1902 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on US Supreme Court.
1914 – Irving Berlin’s musical “Watch your Step” premieres in NYC.
1930 – Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway NYC.
1931 – Coaxial cable patented.
1940 – 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0.
1941 – US & Britain declare war on Japan, US enters WW II.
1941 – President Roosevelt delivers “Day of Infamy” speech to US Congress a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
1952 – 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
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.
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214 crashes outside Elkton, Maryland with 81 killed.
1972 – United Airlines crashes at Chicago’s Midway Airport killing 45.
1978 – “The Deer Hunter”, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep, premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1979)
1986 – House Democrats select majority leader Jim Wright as 48th speaker.
1993 – Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53.
1997 – 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes & Spice Girls win.
2007 – 73rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Tebow, Florida (QB)
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