1746 – “Bonnie Prince Charlie”, Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Jacobite army leaves Glasgow, Scotland [OS=Jan 3]
1794 – Dr Jessee Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation in the US on his wife
1874 – I. D. Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Mississippi legislature
1929 – Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign
1969 – Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
1972 – WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, Mississippi (PBS) begins broadcasting
1976 – “The Bionic Woman” with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
1996 – “Swinging On a Star” closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 performances
2001 – NFC Championship, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford: New York Giants beat Minnesota Vikings, 41-0
2013 – Mike Pence sworn in as 50th governor of Indiana
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