1896 – Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago creates football huddle.
1916 – Addressing the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati, President Woodrow Wilson declares that “The business of neutrality is over. The nature of modern war leaves no state untouched.”
1922 – First successful Technicolor movie (The Toll of the Sea), premieres at the Radio Theatre in New York City.
1941 – Amateur American tennis stars Bobby Riggs and Frank Kovacs turn professional after being suspended by the US Lawn Tennis Association for undisclosed financial gain.
1941 – Japanese naval center force left its base & moved east toward Pearl Harbor.
1942 – “Casablanca,” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphery Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres at Hollywood Theater in New York City. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1943)
1948 – First Polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera 95 became the prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras for the next 15 years.
1956 – TV game show “The Price is Right”, hosted by Bill Cullen, debuts on ABC.
1961 – Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball.
1963 – Cincinnati second baseman Pete Rose wins National League Rookie of Year.
1969 – Lottery for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Richard Nixon.
1979 – International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years.
1982 – Howard Cosell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch.
1990 – Buffalo Bills become sixth first place NFL team to lose on the same weekend.
1995 – Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass.
2003 – Supersonic airplane the Concorde makes its last flight, returning to Bristol, England.
2012 – The cost of hurricane Sandy to New York is announced to be $32 billion.
2018 – General Motors announces it will close five factories in North America, cutting 14,000 jobs.
2018 – Ukraine declares martial law in areas bordering Russia after Russia seizes three of its naval vessels.
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