1874 – Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction.
1899 – US takes possession of Wake Island in Pacific.
1911 – Percy Mackaye’s “Scarecrow” premieres in NYC.
1916 – Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in NYC.
1917 – US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands.
1929 – Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip, “Thimble Theater”
1943 – Tin Can Drive Day.
1950 – The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink’s offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
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.”
1970 – Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s.
1976 – “I Write the Songs” by Barry Manilow hits #1.
1982 – “Cold Sunday” in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
1983 – Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, becomes governor for 4th time.
1987 – US President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
1989 – Gunmen opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded.
1997 – NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman.
1998 – President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones.
2001 – OPEC agrees at a meeting of ministers in Vienna, to reduce members’ oil production quotas by 1.5 million barrels per day.
2010 – 67th Golden Globes: Avatar, Jeff Bridgers, & Sandra Bullock win.
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