1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1843 – Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932) is born.
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1874 – Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1881 – The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
1903 – Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (d. 1978) is born.
1909 – Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1998) is born.
1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1959 – John McEnroe, German-American tennis player and sportscaster is born.
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
1985 – Hezbollah is founded.
1989 – Elizabeth Olsen, American actress is born.
2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
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