Washington issued his “Farewell Address to the Army”, 1783
Minor planet Chiron discovered, 1977
A Jewish homeland in Palestine proposed (Arthur Balfour), 1917
Internet computer virus struck, 1988
North and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th US states, 1889
Spruce Goose made its only flight, 1947
First regularly scheduled broadcasting (KDKA, Pittsburgh), 1920
Jenny Lind, Swedish opera singer, died, 1887
Luftwaffe completed 57 consecutive nights of bombing London, 1940
James Grover Thurber, author-artist, died, 1961
Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday established as a holiday, 1983
George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, died, 1950
JFK announced that Cuban missile bases were being dismantled, 1962
Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Moses), sharpshooter, died, 1926
Simon Guggenheim, American capitalist and philanthropist, died, 1941
First phosphorescent-impregnated postage stamp issued, 1963