1781 - Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula) by a group of 44 Spanish settlers.
1886 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader GeronimoGeronimo born Goyathlay ("One Who Yawns"), ( June 16, 1829 February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Apache who long warred against the encroachment of settlers of European descent on tribal lands. Geronimo was born in what is now t surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in ArizonaArizona was the 48th state admitted to the United States and is part of the Southwest United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, south and east of the Colorado River, bordering New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California and Mexico. Its major cities ar.
18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr - George EastmanGeorge Eastman ( July 12, 1854 March 14, 1932) founded the Eastman Kodak Co. and invented roll film, which brought photography to the common man. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film, used by early filmmakers Thoma registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his cameraA camera is a device used to take images (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. The name is derived from camera obscura Latin for "dark chamber", an early mechanism for projecting images in which uses roll film.
1894Events January 8 A fire at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago causes a good deal of damage. January 9 New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard ( Lexington, Massachusetts). February 15 04:51 GMT - In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
1940 - World War II: The USS Greer becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
1967 - The last new episode of the television sitcom Gilligan's Island airs on CBS-TV.
1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United StatesMarines launch a search and destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Province s. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
1971 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska killing all 111 people on board.