1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
1816 – Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens (d. 1892) is born.
1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States (d. 1882) is born.
1862 – American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
1924 – Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850) dies.
1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer is born.
1928 – George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
1941 – World War II: The Kingdoms of Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.
1948 – Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born.
1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
1977 – Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.
1988 – PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
1989 – Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress is born.
2003 – Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
2006 – Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (b. 1932) dies.
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