1716 – 1st lion exhibited in America in Boston.
1778 – British explorer Captain James Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii)
1789 – 1st national Thanksgiving in America.
1832 – 1st streetcar railway in America starts operating in New York City with 12 cent fare.
1865 – “Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll is published in America.
1916 – Addressing the Chamber of Commerce in Cincinnati, US President Woodrow Wilson declares that “The business of neutrality is over. The nature of modern war leaves no state untouched”
1918 – Philip Barry’s play “Holiday” premieres in New York City.
1942 – “Casablanca” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman premiers at Hollywood Theater, NYC (Academy of Awards Best Picture 1943)
1948 – 1st polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera model 95 becomes prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras for next 15 years.
1952 – 1st modern 3-D movie “Bwana Devil” premieres in Hollywood.
1956 – “The Price is Right” debuts on NBC.
1968 – 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O.J. Simpson, Southern California (RB).
1973 – Nixon’s personal secretary Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidently caused part of 18 1/2 minute gap in a key Watergate tape.
1978 – 1st lesbian theme TV movie – “A Question of Love”
1984 – John W. Mercom, Jr. announces New Orleans Saints are up for sale for $75 million.
1984 – US & Iraq re-establish diplomatic relations.
1995 – Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass.
1996 – Baseball owners approve interleague play 26-4.
2003 – Concorde makes its last ever flight over Bristol, England.
2012 – The cost of Hurricane Sandy to New York is announced to be $32 Billion.
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