1839 – Henry Clay declares in Senate “I had rather be right than president”
1862 – Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island NC.
1876 – President Grant’s private secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring.
1908 – Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000.
1915 – 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received.
1934 – 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss.
1936 – Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer.
1940 – Walt Disney’s 2nd feature-length movie, “Pinocchio”, premieres (NYC)
1941 – Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey orchestra record “Everything Happens to Me”
1943 – Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 pairs in 1942)
1949 – Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
1962 – President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.
1964 – Cassius Clay converts to Islam, and is renamed Muhammad Ali.
1970 – LSU’s “Pistol” Pete Marovich scores 69 points in losing cause.
1974 – Mel Brooks’ “Blazing Saddles” opens in movie theaters starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
1983 – 1st female Secretary of Transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1987 – Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring the American’s Cup back to US.
1994 – 21st American Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins.
2014 – 22nd Winter Olympic Games open at Sochi, Russia.
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