1754 – Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806) is born.
1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
1843 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901) is born.
1845 – "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
1850 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
1863 – The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men women and children.
1880 – W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (d. 1946) is born.
1886 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
1900 – The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.
1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
1943 – The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions is born.
1963 – The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
1977 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954) dies.
1980 – Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893) dies.
2009 – Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
No comments:
Post a Comment