1803 – US Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
1857 – 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government.
1868 – US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
1908 – In ‘Muller v Oregon’, the US Supreme Court favors an Oregon law limiting maximum hours a woman may work and denies that it curtails ‘liberty of contract’.
1909 – The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
1917 – Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleveland for $15,000.
1932 – Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (243.96 mph) at Daytona.
1937 – 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington, DC.
1938 – DuPont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
1943 – Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WW II.
1955 – 12th Golden Globes: “On The Waterfront’, Marlon Brando & Judy Garland win.
1963 – 5th Daytona 500: Tiny Lund wins (151.566 MPH)
1964 – “My Heart Skips a Beat” single released by Buck Owens (Billboard No. 1 U.S. Hot Country Singles 1964)
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1979 – Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas.
1983 – Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time.
1986 – Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million.
2002 – 19th Winter Olympic Games close at Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2008 – 80th Academy Awards: “No Country for Old Men”, Daniel Day-Lewis & Marion Cotillard win.
2013 – 55th Daytona 500: Jimmie Johnson wins (159:25 MPH)
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