1897 – New York Sun ran the famous “Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus” editorial.
1903 – First cowboy film “Kit Carson” premieres.
1922 – President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
1928 – First issue of the magazine “My Weekly Reader” is published.
1934 – St Louis Cardinals pitching Dean brothers shut out Brooklyn Dodgers in a doubleheader. Dizzy Dean wins in a 13-0 rout and Paul Dean pitches a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York, killing an estimated 500-700 people.
1948 – Milton Berle becomes the permanent host on NBC-TV show “Texaco Star Theater.”
1955 – In his last fight, undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano knocks out light heavyweight Archie Moore in the 9th round at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
1957 – “Perry Mason” TV series based on the character by author Erle Stanley Gardner, starring Raymond Burr, premieres on CBS-TV.
1961 – Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook military transport helicopter.
1968 – Police drama “Adam-12” debuts on NBC.
1969 – New York Jets’ Steve O’Neal punts 98 yards against the Denver Broncos.
1970 – New York Times starts first modern op-ed page.
1980 – Richard Todd of the New York Jets completes a NFL-record 42 passes in a game.
1986 – 38th Emmy Awards: “The Golden Girls,” “Cagney & Lacey” and Michael J. Fox win.
1998 – TV comedy “Will & Grace,” starring Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, premieres.
2008 – Final home game is played at the original Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.
2016 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to medical research to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.”
2021 – McDonald’s announces plans to “drastically” reduce plastic in its Happy Meals by 2025. The meals are one of largest toy distributors in the world.
2022 – New York Attorney General Letitia James files a lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, alleging widespread fraud through inflating his personal net worth by billions of dollars.
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