Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee formed by an earthquake, 1811
Fire swept through New York, 1835
Battle of Isandhlwana (Zulus defeat British forces), 1879
“American Pie” released, 1971
Boston Tea Party (30-60 patriots and 342 chests of tea), 1773
Battle of Nashville (Tennessee), 1864
Colonel Harland Sanders, of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, died, 1980
“Battle of the Bulge” began, 1944
Ice jam on Ohio River Warsaw, Kentucky backed up river 100 miles, 1917
Napoleon divorced Empress Josephine, 1809
W. Somerset Maugham, English author (“Of Human Bondage”), died, 1965
First issue of “Variety” distributed, 1905
Lyndon LaRouche, former presidential candidate, convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud, 1988
Sound barrier on land broken (Stan Barrett), 1979