This Day in History
In Alaska
• In 1905, the Daily Miner began publication in Ketchikan and absorbed the existing Ketchikan Mining Journal.
• In 1907, Richard Harris, one of the founders of Juneau, was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
• In 1954, three Eskimos and 9 dogs were en route from Selawik to Nome with 800 reindeer to establish a new herd.
In the Nation
• In 1900, militant prohibitionist Carry A. Nation carried out her first public smashing of a bar, at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kan.
• In 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened in New York.
• In 1947, the children's television program "Howdy Doody" debuted on NBC.
• In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.
In the World
• In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.
• In 1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World Bank.
• In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.
• In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome and Vienna airports; a total of 20 people were killed, including five of the attackers, who were slain by police and security personnel.
• In 1992, the United States shot down an Iraqi fighter jet during what the Pentagon described as a confrontation between a pair of Iraqi warplanes and U.S. F-16 jets in U.N.-restricted airspace over southern Iraq.