Daily Calendar for Friday, December 9, 2022

Events

• Robert Cushman gave first known sermon in the United States, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts – 1621
• Noah Webster established The American Minerva, NY’s first daily newspaper – 1793
• Canada’s first coin club, Numismatic Society of Montreal, formed – 1862
• Lincoln letter sold for $748,000 – 1935
• First Heisman Trophy awarded to Jay Berwanger – 1935
• Quebec adopted a new coat of arms – 1939
• British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II – 1940
• Bob Waterfield became the first professional football player to kick 5 field goals in one game – 1951
• Public debut of the computer mouse, in San Francisco – 1968
• Marguerite d’Youville became first Canadian-born saint – 1990
• Twin polar bear cubs were born at the Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany – 2013