Once Upon A Time – Jan. 2 – 1906 – Willis Carrier Receives US Patent For World’s 1st Air Conditioner

366 The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

1492 Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula.

1570 Tsar Ivan the Terrible’s march to Novgorod begins.

1905 American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms.

1942 World War II: the 28 nations at war with Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals.

1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East Bengal
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1955 1st “Bob Cummings Show” premieres on NBC (later on CBS).

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1843 Richard Wagner’s opera “The Flying Dutchman” premieres in Dresden.

Today in Sport
1982 “The Epic in Miami”, in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records.

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1906 Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner

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1890 Record 19.2 feet alligator shot in Louisiana by American businessman Edward Avery McIlhenny