1896 – Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook “The Boston Cooking School Cook Book”
1904 – Marconi Co. establishes “CQO” as 1st international radio distress signal.
1916 – In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare.
1927 – Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York & London.
1929 – “Tarzan”, one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears.
1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
1945 – The last surface engagement between Allies and Japanese in the Pacific campaign, World War II.
1950 – Hank Snow’s 1st appearance on “Grand Ole Opry”
1955 – 20-year-old future world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson scores a 5th-round TKO of Willie Troy in a non-title super middleweight bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
1959 – US recognizes Fidel Castro’s Cuban government.
1963 – 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.
1969 – Congress doubles presidential salary.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation to bail out the Chrysler Corporation with a $1.5 billion loan.
1985 – Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm are elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
1991 – Saddam Hussein prepares his troops for what he says will be a long violent war against the US.
1997 – Newt Gingrich narrowly re-elected speaker of the US House of Representatives.
1999 – President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial begins in the US Senate after the House voted to impeach him for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
2007 – Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career games.
2018 – 75th Golden Globes: “Ladybird”, “the Handmaid’s Tale”, Elisabeth Moss, Sterling K. Brown among the winners, Oprah Winfrey accepts Lifetime award with powerful speech.
2021 – Congress completes the ceremonial certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory late in the night after an earlier unprecedented breach of the Capitol by Trump supporters.
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