1919 – American Legion’s 1st national convention (Minneapolis)
1926 – Guomindang-regring deallocates seat of Kanton to Wuhan (Hankou)
1946 – Communists win many seats at French parliamentary election
1955 – “Vamp” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 60 performances
1957 – Cleveland Browns’ Don Paul sets club record for longest fumble return with a 89-yard run (and TD), beating Pittsburgh 24-0
1967 – KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
1978 – NY Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin
2012 – 22nd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 21-6 in Chestnut Hill
2012 – The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeat Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes
2017 – BBC removes drama from Christmas line-up after one of its stars, Ed Westwick, accused of rape by two women