1731 – 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham’s great room in Boston)
1854 – Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC.
1861 – US banks stops payments in gold.
1905 – Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho.
1926 – Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substantiated)
1929 – Cole Porter’s musical “Wake Up & Dream” premieres in NYC.
1936 – United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant.
1948 – “Kiss Me, Kate” opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances.
1953 – The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about $1,175 USD each from RCA.
1959 – George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned.
1963 – “Let’s Make A Deal,” debuts on NBC-TV.
1968 – Frank Sinatra first records “My Way” with lyrics written by Paul Anka and based on the French song “Comme d’habitude”
1972 – US President Richard Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks.
1977 – Jimmy Carter holds 1st news conference by US President in Eastern Europe (Warsaw).
1980 – “Wonderful World of Disney” last performance on NBC-TV.
1985 – IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released.
1989 – 10th United Negro College Fund raises $12,000,000.
1995 – Carquest Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10.
2005 – Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
2013 – NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Washington Redskins.