1939 – NY’s La Guradia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight.
1944 – US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Star.
1951 – Don Hutson’s #14 jersey is retired by the Green Bay Packers, the first number retired in the history of the franchise.
1956 – Fidel Castro lands with “Granma” on coast of Cuba.
1957 – Sam Cooke’s single “You Send Me” reaches #1.
1963 – Major League Baseball Rules Committee bans oversized catcher’s mitts, effective in 1965.
1969 – Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
1974 – Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs.
1985 – Chicago Bears’ head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan come to blows on the sideline in a loss to the Miami Dolphins, Chicago’s only loss of the season.
1990 – US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit.
1993 – Dow-Jones Industrial Average hits record 3702.11.
1994 – Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring.
2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
2014 Comedian Bill Cosby resigns from the board of trustees of an American university following renewed sexual assault allegations.
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