1735 – First Opera in North American colonies “Flora” opens in Charleston, SC.
1802 – Simon Willard patents banjo clock.
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound.
1865 – 1st black major in US Army appointed during US Civil War – Martin Robison Delany.
1912 – 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla.
1918 – “Stars & Strips,”, weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.
1922 – Radio arrives at the White House.
1930 – “Happy Days Are Here Again” by Benny Mereoff hits #1.
1933 – 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247.
1942 – Congress advised FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn’t oppose the US was effort.
1945 – Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach.
1952 – “RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day” debuts on NBC TV.
1960 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51).
1969 – Last edition of Saturday Evening Post.
1978 – Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
1986 – 5’7″ Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition.
1991 – Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract.
2002 – 19th Winter Olympic games open at Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2008 – Nebraska bans electric chair as sole execution method.
2013 – A massive blizzard begins in the US and Canada that resulted in 15 deaths, 5,300 cancelled flights, and loss of power for 900,000 people.
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