1785 – Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
1865 – Flag flown at full mast over White House for the first time since Lincoln was shot.
1867 – Jesse James gang robs bank in Richmond, Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken).
1900 – Associated Press News Service forms in NY.
1903 – 1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin.
1921 – “Shuffle Along” 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC.
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films.
1941 – Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 for heavyweight boxing title.
1948 – Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs.
1963 – NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000.
1966 – The Beatles release “Paperback Writer.”
1977 – US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell.
1984 – Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game.
1988 – Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on January 1, 1990.
1990 – Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion.
1991 – Philly Tommy Greene (Whiteville, NC native) no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0.
1992 – US President George H.W. Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Harlem refugees.
1994 – “Star Trek The Next Generation” finale airs this week in syndication.
1997 – “King David” closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC.
2006 – 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans & Keith Urban win.
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