- 1758: In the French and Indian War, the British captured Fort
Duquesne in present-day Pittsburgh.
- 1783: The last British troops left New York City at the end of the
American War of Independence.
- 1792: The Farmer's Almanac was first published.
- 1835: Andrew Carnegie, American steel industrialist, was born in
Scotland.
- 1867: A Congress commission looked into the "impeachment" of
President Andrew Johnson.
- 1867: Alfred Nobel patented his invention of dynamite.
- 1884: Evaporated milk was patented by John Mayenberg of St. Louis.
- 1920: The first Thanksgiving Parade took place in Philadelphia.
- 1920: Radio station WTAW of College Station, Texas, broadcasted the
first play-by-play description of a football game, between the
University of Texas and Texas A&M. The Uniersity of Texas won, 7-3.
- 1922: Archaeologist Howard Carter entered King Tut's tomb.
- 1940: Woody Woodpecker debuted with the release of Walter Lantz's
"Knock Knock."
- 1949: "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appeared on the music
charts for the first time.
- 1955: Segregation on trains and buses crossing state lines was
banned by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
- 1960: "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio.
- 1963: President John F. Kennedy was buried with full military
honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its London debut at the Bag
O' Nails Club.
- 1969: Beatle John Lennon returned his MBE, awarded in 1965, to the
Queen to protest Britain's policy in Biafra and its support for the
United States in Vietnam.
- 1973: Maximum speed limits were cut to 55 mph as an energy
conservation measure and an attempt to save an estimated 9,000
lives each year.
- 1974: The Irish Republican Army was outlawed in Britain following
the deaths of 21 people in a pub bombing in Birmingham.
- 1976: The Band held its farewell concert at San Francisco's
Winterland Ballroom. The event was filmed and made into a movie by
Martin Scorsese called "The Last Waltz."
- 1984: William J. Schroeder of Jasper, Ind., became the second man
to receive a Jarvik-7 artificial heart. He lived 620 days on the
device.
- 1986: The Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and
Attorney General Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms
sales to Iran had been diverted to Nicaraguan rebels.
- 1986: Col. Oliver North's secretary, Fawn Hill, smuggled documents
out of her boss's office for him.
- 1990: Poland held its first popular presidential election.
Solidarity founder Lech Walesa, who received a plurality of votes,
won a runoff the following month.
- 1996: After 24 years, the Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade,
in Anaheim, Calif., made its last appearance.
*Happy Birthday*
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- Christina Applegate, 27, actress, "Married...with Children," "Jesse"
- "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, 84, MLB center fielder, led NY Yankees to
10 World Series titles
- Amy Grant, 38, singer/songwriter
- John F. Kennedy Jr., 38, publisher of "George" magazine
- Bernie Kosar, 35, former NFL quarterback
- John Larroquette, 51, actor, "Night Court"
- Ricardo Montalban, 78, actor, "Fantasy Island"
- Percy Sledge, 58, soul singer, "When a Man Loves a Woman"