1759-1st music store in US opens (in Philadelphia)
1843-"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1889-Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1895-1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony
1903-Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (New Jersey)
1916-Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
1928-George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York NY)
1928-Clip-on tie designed
1944-Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1946-Leon Blum elected French premier
1951-Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
1960-Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
1966-1st US bombing of Hanoi
1981-Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1982-Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1983-9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
1983-British Airways incorporates
1984-Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
1988-Yasser Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1989-Forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong
1989-Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1990-President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
1990-Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
1993-Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993-Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5) lands
1994-American Eagle commuter plane crashes in North Carolina, killing 15
1996-Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
1843-"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold
1889-Belgium rules on women/child labor law
1895-1st complete execution of Gustav Mahlers 2nd Symphony
1903-Italo Marcioni patents the ice cream cone (New Jersey)
1916-Avalanche kills 10,000 Austrian & Italian troops in 24 hours in Tyrol
1928-George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York NY)
1928-Clip-on tie designed
1944-Japanese kamikaze crashes into US cruiser Nashville, kills 138
1946-Leon Blum elected French premier
1951-Future British PM Margaret Roberts Thatcher marries Denis Thatcher
1960-Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
1966-1st US bombing of Hanoi
1981-Polish government declares martial law, arrests Solidarity activists
1982-Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
1983-9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
1983-British Airways incorporates
1984-Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke
1988-Yasser Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
1989-Forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong
1989-Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
1990-President De Klerk of South Africa meets with Nelson Mandela to talk of end of apartheid
1990-Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die
1993-Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993-Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5) lands
1994-American Eagle commuter plane crashes in North Carolina, killing 15
1996-Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays
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