1746 - Robert R. (or R.R.) Livingston, also known as "the Chancellor," was born in New York. In 1776, he represented the Provincial Congress of New York at the Continental Congress and helped to draft the Declaration of Independence.
1864 - In Georgia, Union General Judson Kilpatrick began pursuing Confederate General Joseph Wheeler between Waynesboro and Millen. The engagment ended on December 4. The battle allowed Union General Sherman to march to Savannah, Georgia on his famous "March to the Sea."
1901 - The Army War College was established in Washington, DC.
1963 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress.
1970 - In Anchorage, AK, a Capital Airlines flight crashed during takeoff. 47 of the 229 people onboard were killed.
1973 - The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew.
2003 - U.S. President Bush flew to Iraq and spent time with U.S. soldiers stationed there.