Queen Victoria named Ottawa capital of Canada, 1857
Monopoly patented, 1935
Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM chief executive, died, 1993
Pope Sylvester I died, 1335
Harry Truman proclaimed the official end of WWII, 1946
Canada got a new flag, 1964
The Bank of North America established by Congress, 1781
Ball first dropped from Times Tower, 1904
George Mifflin Dallas, 11th US vice president, died, 1864
AT&T breakup took effect at midnight, 1983
Last legal date for importation of slaves into the US, 1807
Eric Hilliard (“Ricky”) Nelson died, 1985
Francis Lewis, signer of US Declaration of Independence, died, 1802
John Nixon, revolutionary patriot, died, 1808
(Herbert) Marshall McLuhan, university professor and author, died, 1980
Roberto Clemente, baseball player, died, 1972
First corporation to make $1,000,000,000 profit in a year (General Motors), 1955
Screening test for cystic fibrosis reported, 1980
First public demo of incandescent lamp (T. Edison, Menlo Park, New Jersey), 1879
The NBC peacock logo used for the last time, 1975