1842 – Mount St. Helens in Washington erupts.
1864 – Union General O. Howard orders plunderers be shot to death.
1906 – International Radio Telecommunications Com adopts “SOS” as new call for help.
1910 – Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs.
1923 – Calvin Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death.
1927 – George Gershwin’s “Funny Face” premieres in NYC.
1934 – “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” 1st heard on Eddie Cantor’s show.
1945 – “Day before Spring” opens at National Theater NYC for 167 performances.
1955 – RCA Records make its best investment paying $35,000 to Sun Records for Elvis Presley’s contract.
1957 – Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY.
1959 – Boston Patriots enters AFL.
1963 – American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas.
1963 – Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1970 – 20th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Isaac wins.
1981 – SD Charger Dan Fouts passes for 6 touchdowns vs Oakland (55-21).
1989 – Kirby Puckett signs record $3 million per year Minnesota Twins contract.
1991 – NY Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 year extension.
1993 – “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” opens at Richard Rodgers NYC for 320 performances.
1996 – OJ Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is “absolutely not true.”
2012 – 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas.
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