1673—Postal service between New York & Boston inaugurated.
1850—Alta California becomes a daily paper, 1st such in California.
1879—James Shields (D) elected US senator from Missouri after previously serving as US senator from Illinois & Minnesota.
1889—Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, DC.
1895—National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati.
1940—1st radio broadcast of “Road to Happiness” on CBS.
1943—Temperature rises 49 degrees in 2 minutes in Spearfish, South Dakota.
1945—Heavy US air raid on Okinawa.
1946—US president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency.
1949—“All for Love” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances.
1951—Fidel Castro is ejected from a Winter League baseball game after hitting a batter.
1956—30 die in train crash in Los Angeles.
1959—USAF concludes that less than 1% of UFO’s are unknown objects.
1962—The Organization of American States suspends Cuba’s membership.
1964—World’s largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York’s World Fair.
1965—US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite.
1969—Roy Campanella & Stan Musial elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1973—George Foreman TKO’s Joe Frazier in 2 for heavyweight boxing title.
1980—PGA begins a senior golf tour.
1981—O.A. “Bum’ Phillips becomes head coach of New Orleans Saints.
1985—Cold wave damages 90% of Florida’s citrus crop.
1990—17th American Music Award; Paula Abdul & Bobby Brown win.
1990—Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.
1992—Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline trip.
1997—Space shuttle Atlantis successfully returns to Earth.
2002—Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2010—Conan O’Brien’s last Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show time slot.
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