1855 – Michigan State University was established.
1876 – Al Spalding opens his sporting good shop.
1877 – US railroad builders strike against wage reduction.
1906 – George Cohan’s musical “George Washington” premieres in NYC.
1909 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms.
1925 – 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress.
1937 – Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted NFL franchise.
1949 – “Annie Get Your Gun” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances.
1955 – McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks.
1964 – Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1973 – 1st US POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine.
1978 – “Jesus Christ Superstar” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances.
1982 – Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record.
1984 – Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH.
1994 – 17th Winter Olympic games opens in Lillehammer, Norway.
1997 – Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O.J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement.
1998 – Intel unveils its 1st graphics chip i740.
1999 – US President Bill Clinton acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.
2006 – A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington, DC up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
2014 – Intel entrepreneur and co-founder of the X-PRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis, claims that 50% of US jobs are under threat of being mechanized within 10 years.
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