On this day in...
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1985 – Hezbollah is founded.
2005 – The NHL cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs, becoming the first major sports league in North America to do so over a labor dispute.
Births
1935 – Sonny Bono, American entertainer politician (d. 1998)
1941 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader (d. 2011)
1958 – Ice-T, American rapper and actor
1959 – John McEnroe, American tennis player
1972 – Jerome Bettis, American football player
1972 – Sarah Clarke, American actress
1977 – Ahman Green, American football player
1982 – Lupe Fiasco, American hip hop artist
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