1785 – Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
1788 – South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution.
1861 – Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession from the union.
1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1867 – Jesse James gang robs bank in Richmond, Missouri (2 die, $4,000 taken)
1903 – 1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin.
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films.
1935 – 1st scheduled night baseball game postponed due to rain (Cincinnati)
1941 – Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer on DQ in 7 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1944 – Polo Grounds host 1st NYC night baseball game since 1941.
1958 – Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
1960 – “Got A Girl” by The Four Preps hits 24.
1963 – NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000.
1977 – US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H.R. Halderman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell.
1988 – Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on January 1, 1990.
1990 – Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion.
1991 – Phillie Tommy Greene (Whiteville, NC) no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0.
1992 – President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees.
1994 – “Star Trek The Next Generation” finale airs this week in syndication.
2006 – 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans & Keith Urban win.
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