1845 – Uniform US election day for President and VP authorized.
1889 – Daniel Hale Williams forms the Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first non-segregated hospital in the United States.
1908 – United States and Great Britain demand end of abuses in Congo.
1933 – 20th amendment to the Constitution, which changes the date of presidential inaugurations to January 20th, is ratified.
1941 – Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center.
1943 – Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall of Fame in New York City for the first time.
1950 – The Associated Press picks “Miracle Braves” of 1914 as greatest sports upset.
1959 – 9th NBA All-Star Game, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan: West beats East 124-106. Co-Most Valuable Players are Elgin Baylor of the Minneapolis Lakers and Bob Petit of the St. Louis Hawks. It’s the first time there have been co-winners of MVP award.
1964 – 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified. It bars a poll tax in federal elections.
1967 – Stan Musial named General Manager of Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals.
1970 – US launches second generation weather station, ITOS 1.
1971 – UCLA loses to Notre Dame in college basketball. UCLA then wins its next 88 games.
1973 – President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end the Vietnam War.
1982 – World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport. Two people die.
1987 – Dow Jones rises 64 points, then drops 110 points (44.15 point loss)
1998 – Michael Jordan scores in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 overtime win over New Jersey. He adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time in January 1999.
2005 – NFC Championship, Lincoln Field, Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles beat Atlanta Falcons 27-10.
2013 – US armed forces overturn 1994 ban on women serving in combat.
2016 – Category 5 blizzard delivers record 3 feet of snow to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast United States, killing 55 and incurring estimated $500 million to $3 billion in economic losses.
2022 – Buffalo wide receiver Gabriel Davis scores an NFL playoff record 4 touchdowns in the Bills’ epic 42-36 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in their divisional-round playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium.
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