1864 – General Sherman conquers Savannah, Georgia
1900 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s play “Michael Kramer” premieres in Berlin
1919 – J. Edgar Hoover deports anarchists/feminist Emma Goldman to Russia
1941 – German submarine U-567 sinks
1948 – State of Eire (formerly Irish Free State) declares its independence
1975 – Madagascar adopts constitution
1975 – 1st NY Jet to gain 1,000 yards rushing (John Riggins)
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 – Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
2020 – US President-elect Joe Biden receives the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine live on TV