1774 – American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment.
1803 – US Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase.
1817 – 1st Mississippi “Showboat” leaves Nashville on maiden voyage.
1820 – Spain sells part of Florida to US for $5 million.
1864 – US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
1873 – P T Barnum Hippodrome featuring “Greatest Show on Earth” opens (NYC).
1898 – NC Mutual & Provident Insurance Company forms.
1903 – US wins disputed boundary between District of Alaska and Canada.
1910 – 1st appearance of cork baseball in World Series.
1934 – All-Star team led by Babe Ruth & Connie Mack sails to Hawaii & Japan.
1944 – US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte.
1957 – Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary.
1964 – “Golden Boy” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances.
1975 – Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning.
1979 – John F. Kennedy Library dedicated in Boston.
1983 – IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released.
1996 – Braves Andruw Jones is youngest player to homer in World Series.
1997 – US accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers.
2004 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox come back from 0-3 start to beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 3.
2015 – US Vice President Joe Biden confirms he will not run for President.
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