1783 The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1835 Andrew Carnegie (born), Scottish-American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company (died 1919)
1844 Karl Benz (born), German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (died 1929)
1864 A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
1876 In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Morning Star’s sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River where 153 lodges were destroyed and 500 war ponies captured, most of the Cheyenne were eventually forced to surrender..
1913 Lewis Thomas (born), American physician (died 1993)
1914 Joe DiMaggio (born), American baseball player (died 1999)
1915 Augusto Pinochet (born), Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (died 2006)
1920 Gaston Chevrolet (died), French-American race car driver (born 1892)
1920 Ricardo Montalbán (born), Mexican actor, noted for his “Fine Corinthian Leather” ad for Chrysler among many other more distinguished roles (died 2009)
1947 The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
1950 The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the “Storm of the Century”, strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.
1952 Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.
1960 John F. Kennedy, Jr. (born), American journalist, publisher, and lawyer, co-founded George Magazine (died 1999)
1963 President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1981 Barbara Pierce Bush (born), American daughter of George W. Bush
1981 Jenna Bush Hager (born), American author and journalist
1983 Joey Chestnut (born), American competitive eater, holding the world’s record for the number of hot dogs and buns consumed in 10 minues, 69 at Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating contest at Coney Island, NY 4 July 2013. Only in America.
1984 36 top musicians gather in at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Among the artists were Phil Collins, Bono, Sting, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie.
1986 US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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