1773 – Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter “An Edict by the King of Prussia” in the Public Advertiser, criticizing Britain’s colonial policies in the American colonies.
1789 – US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury.
1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln says he will free slaves in all states on January 1.
1903 – Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone.
1913 – Coal mine explosion kills 264 at Dawson, New Mexico.
1922 – US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American woman who marries an ‘alien’ will not lose citizenship; neither will a woman marrying an American automatically become a citizen.
1944 – US troops land on Ulithi.
1950 – Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general.
1957 – Duke Snider’s 39th & 40th home runs are last hit at Ebbets Field.
1966 – Only 413 fans show up at a Yankee Stadium game.
1970 – US President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses.
1971 – OPEC directs members to negotiate price increases to offset the devaluation of the US dollar.
1975 – Second assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Sara Jane Moore fails in San Francisco.
1983 – Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall, London)
1987 – Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points.
1991 – Harry Gant wins NASCAR Goody’s 500.
2006 – The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
2015 – Pope Francis is greeted by President Obama and Vice-President Biden as he arrives for his 6 day tour of the US.
2015 – Volkswagen admits that 11 million cars have been wrongly programmed to appear to emit lesser emission than they are.
2015 – Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Seattle to start his first state visit to the US.
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