1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1918 – “Stars & Strips”, weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.
1922 – Radio arrives at the White House.
1924 – 1st US coast-to-coast radio hookup: General John Joseph Carty speech in Chicago.
1926 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios.
1930 – “Happy Days Are Here Again” by Benny Mereoff hits #1.
1933 – 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247.
1940 – Lewis & Hamilton’s musical “Two for the Show” premieres in NYC.
1942 – Congress advised FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn’t oppose the US war effort.
1952 – “RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day” debuts on NBC TV.
1960 – Congress opens hearings looking into payola.
1965 – The Supremes release “Stop in the Name of Love”
1965 – President Johnson deploys 1st US combat troops to South Vietnam, with 3500 marines sent to protect key US airbase near Da Nang.
1974 – “Good Times” (spinoff from “Maude”) premieres on CBS TV.
1981 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
1986 – 5′ 7″ Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition.
1991 – Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract.
1993 – GM sues NBC, alleging that “Dateline NBC” program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires.
2002 – XIX Winter Olympic Games open in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2017 – US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions Attorney General, after controversy and protests.
2019 – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc, of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair.
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