TODAY IN HISTORY!

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1990​

Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S.​

On January 3, 1990, Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking. Noriega was flown to Miami the following day​

 

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1993​ Buffalo Bills pull off one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history​

 

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1959​

Alaska admitted into Union​

 

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U.S. Presidents​

1938​

Franklin Roosevelt founds March of Dimes​

 

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​ ​ 1995 Republican Party takes control of Congress for first time in 40 years​

​ ​ 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolvers to the U.S. government​

 

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1933​

​ ​ Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge​

​ ​ On January 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages. Following the Gold Rush boom that began in 1849, speculators realized the land north of San Francisco Bay would increase in value​

1920​

New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth​