1886 – First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens in Buffalo, New York.
1900 – A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles.
1924 – First photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio from New York to London.
1937 – 3rd Heisman Trophy Award: Clint Frank, Yale halfback.
1947 – Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked.
1950 – President Harry Truman threatens China with an atomic bomb.
1954 – 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin fullback.
1956 – First use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News).
1959 – 1960 NFL Draft: Billy Cannon from LSU is the first pick by the Los Angeles Rams.
1967 – Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minnesota) announces he will run for the presidency on an anti-Vietnam war platform.
1969 – Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond makes his only appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, singing “Sweet Caroline” and “Holly, Holy”
1971 – Emmy and Peabody Award winning TV movie “Brian’s Song”, about the friendship of Chicago Bears football teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers (based on Sayers’ autobiography) premieres on ABC, starring James Caan and Billy Dee Williams.
1979 – Ted Koppel becomes anchor of late nightly news on Iran “American Held Hostage” on ABC.
1982 – “Thriller”, 6th studio album by Michael Jackson, is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1963).
1986 – American-based Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl is first player to make over $10 million in career earnings.
1993 – President Bill Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill.
1998 – Deutsche Bank announces a $10 billion deal to buy Bankers Trust, thus creating the largest financial institution in the world.
2004 – Longtime “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700, television’s all-time biggest game show haul.
2015 – NBA star Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers announces his intention to retire at the end of the season.
2018 – Marriott reveals massive data breach – 500 million guests affected in one of the largest-ever company hacks.
2022 – Harry Styles’ single “As It Was” is the most streamed song globally for Spotify in 2022 with Bad Bunny their most listened to artist.
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