1812 – Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry sings a redistricting bill – first “gerrymander”
1861 – US President-elect Abraham Lincoln takes train from Springfield, IL to Washington, D.C.
1916 – Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1918 – US President Woodrow Wilson makes another speech before Congress and announces ‘the Four Principles’ – freedom of navigation, and end to secret diplomacy, and similar items – that supplement his Fourteen Points.
1922 – “April Showers” by Al Jolson hits #1.
1942 – “Archie” comic books debuts.
1946 – World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 116 of 156 captured U-boats.
1949 – “Lovesick Blues” single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox “Best Hillbilly Record of the Year”, Billboard Song of the Year 1949)
1954 – 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O’Connor & Eve Arden win.
1960 – Jack Paar walks off his TV show.
1966 – SF Giants Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year.
1971 – US, UK, USSR, and others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.
1974 – Henry Kissinger unveils Nixon Administration’s seven-point “Project Independence” plan to make the U.S. energy independent.
1983 – 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18″)
1985 – Kent Hrbek signs 5-year $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins.
1993 – President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General.
1997 – STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches.
2014 – Peace talks resume in Geneva as leaders attempt to bring and end to the civil war in Syria.
2016 – Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2020 – US Attorney General, William Barr recommends cutting suggested sentence of Roger Stone, prompting prosecutors to resign.
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