1540 – Settler Hugh Bewitt banished from Mass colony when he declares himself to be free of original sin.
1793 – Noah Webster establishes New York’s 1st daily newspaper, the “American Minerva”
1861 – American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of War is established by the U.S. Congress.
1884 – Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate.
1902 – American League announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY.
1907 – First Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington, Delaware, post office)
1926 – USGA legalizes steel shaft golf clubs.
1935 – Walter Liggett American newspaper editor and muckraker killed in gangland murder.
1936 – American League OKs baseball for St. Louis.
1941 – Hitler orders US ships are to be torpedoed.
1953 – General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.
1965 – “A Charlie Brown Christmas” premieres.
1968 – NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
1975 – US President Gerald Ford signs $2.3B loan authorization for NYC.
1983 – Counselor to Ronald Reagan, Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens”…because food is free & that’s easier than paying for it”
1985 – Jerry Rice begins NFL streak of 100+ consecutive games with a reception.
1988 – NY Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M.
1993 – “My Fair Lady” opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 165 performances.
2008 – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency.
2013 – Mike Ditka’s #89 jersey is retired by the Chicago Bears.
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