Willa Cather 1873
- 1796 - John Adams was elected to be the second president of the United States.
- 1926 - The gas operated refrigerator was patented by The Electrolux Servel Corporation.
- 1941 - Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack resulted in the U.S. entering into World War II.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the last U.S. moon mission.
- 1987 - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the first time. He had come to the U.S. for a Washington summit with U.S. President Reagan.
- 1993 - Six people were killed and 17 were injured when a gunman opened fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train.
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