1813 – 1st US raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Mass.
1822 – Boston, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a city.
1879 – Mississippi is readmitted to US.
1886 – Aluminum manufacturing process developed.
1896 – Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield.
1904 – US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million.
1905 – Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago.
1915 – Nevada enforces convenient divorce law.
1927 – US President Calvin Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FRC).
1939 – 11th Academy Awards – “You Can’t Take It With You”, Spencer Tracy & Bette Davis wins.
1940 – Walt Disney’s animated movie “Pinocchio” released.
1954 – 1st mass inoculation against polio with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh).
1957 – “Mr. Wonderful” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 383 performances.
1960 – Demolition begins on Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field (opened in 1913)
1964 – 6th Daytona 500: Richard Petty wins (154.334).
1967 – US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War.
1980 – 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY.
1985 – Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game.
1991 – NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games.
2006 – Dubia Ports World agrees to postpone its plans to take over management of six U.S. ports after the proposal ignited harsh bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill.
2014 – 56th Daytona 500: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins (145.29 MPH).
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