1871 – 1st cable car patented, by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins service in 1873)
1874 – Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction.
1899 – US takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific.
1911 – Percy Mackaye’s “Scarecrow” premieres in NYC.
1916 – 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville, New York.
1928 – 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented.
1934 – Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated.
1943 – Tin Can Drive Day in the US, salvage collected for the war effort.
1950 – The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink’s offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
1959 – “Say, Darling” closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 332 performances.
1961 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the “military-industrial complex”.
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690m.
1970 – 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft.
1970 – Sport News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
1972 – “My Hang-Up Is You” single released by Freddie Hart (Billboard Song of the Year 1972).
1977 – Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in the Utah state prison, convicted of murder.
1982 – “Cold Sunday” in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
1987 – US President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
1997 – NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman.
2011 – “Sure Thing” single released by Miguel (Billboard Song of the Year 2011).
2017 – US President Barack Obama commutes WikiLeaks discloser Chelsa Manning’s prison sentence from 35 to 7 years.
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