1773

The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists dumped more than 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.

1944

The World War II Battle of the Bulge began. 1960

All 134 people were killed when a United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided over New York City.

2000

President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to become the first African American secretary of state.