1783 – Annapolis Maryland, becomes US capital (until June 1784).
1835 – Henry Burden patents Horseshoe manufacturing machine (Troy, NY).
1863 – Patent granted for a process of making color photographs.
1876 – Columbia, Harvard & Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association.
1897 – Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love.
1904 – 3rd Olympic games close in St. Louis.
1921 – President Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.
1936 – 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R. Luce is published.
1945 – Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends.
1954 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
1964 – Beatles release “I Feel Fine” & “She’s a Woman”
1977 – “Jesus Christ Superstar” opens at Longacre Theatre NYC for 96 performances.
1982 – FCC drops limit on duration & frequency of TV ads.
1988 – President Reagan announces that he is pocket-vetoing a bill designed to further restrict lobbying by former federal employees.
1989 – The “Bounty Bowl”: Philadelphia Eagles defeat Dallas Cowboys 27-0 at Thanksgiving in an ill-tempered game, after which Cowboy coach Jimmy Johnson accuses Eagles coach Buddy Ryan of placing a bounties on players.
1992 – 10 millionth cellular telephone sold.
2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Atlantic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands.
2008 – Economists at the University of Hawaii report that the state entered recession in the previous quarter based on the drop in tourist figures and growing unemployment, with 8,800 jobs expected to be cut in 2009.
2014 – Republicans condemn US President Obama’s use of executive powers to force through immigration reform.
2014 – 41st American Music Awards: One Direction, Sam Smith and Katy Perry win.
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