1793 – Noah Webster establishes New York’s first daily newspaper, the “American Minerva.”
1902 – American League announces the purchase of grounds for a stadium in New York.
1907 – First Christmas Seals sold at the post office in Wilmington, Delaware.
1913 – John K. Tener becomes president of baseball’s National League.
1928 – United States Golf Association legalizes steel shaft golf clubs.
1938 – State of California uses the gas chamber instead of hanging for the second time in a week when Wesley Eudy and Fred Barnes were executed for roles in Folsom Prison escape attempt resulting in the murder of the warden and a guard at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County.
1941 – First World War II bombing mission by the United States in the Far East in Luzon, Philippines.
1953 – General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.
1958 – Robert W. Welch Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form the conservative and anti-Communist John Birch Society.
1965 – “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first Peanuts animated special, premieres on CBS.
1970 – OPEC meeting in Caracas establishes 55 percent as minimum tax rate and demands that posted prices be changed to reflect changes in foreign exchange rates.
1975 – President Gerald Ford signs the $2.3 billion New York City Seasonal Financing Act amid the fiscal crisis in the city.
1983 – Counselor to Ronald Reagan, Edwin Meese, says people go to soup kitchens “because food is free and that’s easier than paying for it.”
1985 – Phoenix, Arizona, gets 3 inches of snow.
1988 – The New York Yankees sign a 12-year television contract with MSG network for $500 million.
1995 – 61st Heisman Trophy Award: Eddie George, Ohio State running back.
2003 – “Peter Pan” live action adventure film adaptation of the 1904 play and 1911 novel by J.M. Barrie premieres in London, but it flops at the box office.
2013 – Mike Ditka’s #89 jersey is retired by the Chicago Bears.
2017 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Australia after being signed into law by the Governor General.
2018 – Winter storm hits the southeast United States, killing three people, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and cancelling over 1,000 flights.
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