1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1863 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914) is born.
1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
1894 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805) dies.
1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player, Hall of Famer from the Cincinnati Reds, and sportscaster is born.
1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player, Boston Celtics, and coach is born.
1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1972 – Imelda Marcos survives an assassination attempt using a bolo knife against her.
1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
1993 – Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
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