1690 – 1st paper money in America issued (Massachusetts Bay Colony)
1834 – Wake Forest University is established.
1876 – Albert Spaulding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf balls & football.
1882 – Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo.
1913 – 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified.
1930 – William Howard Taft resigns as US Chief Justice for health reasons.
1941 – US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours.
1951 – Tennessee Williams’ “Rose Tattoo” premieres in NYC.
1962 – US President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs.
1965 – 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating in exams.
1966 – 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched, US.
1971 – OPEC mandates “total embargo” against any company that rejects 55 percent tax rate.
1979 – “YMCA” by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart.
1985 – Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1987 – San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America’s Cup.
1990 – Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race.
1993 – Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments.
1994 – President Bill Clinton lifts US embargo against Vietnam.
1998 – Mary Kay Letourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby.
2008 – Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 17-14 at the University of Phoenix Stadium, MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB.
2016 – Rand Paul drops out of the Republican Presidential nomination race.
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