1802 – Simon Willard patents banjo clock.
1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound.
1898 – John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming machine (Mass)
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William C. Boyce.
1918 – “Stars & Strips,” weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.
1926 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios.
1930 – “Happy Days Are Here Again” by Benny Mereoff hits #1.
1940 – Lewis & Hamilton’s musical “Two for the Show” premieres in NYC.
1942 – Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn’t oppose the US war effort.
1952 – “RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day” debuts on NBC TV.
1960 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51).
1960 – Congress opens hearings looking into payola.
1965 – Supremes release “Stop In the Name of Love”
1974 – “Good Times” (spinoff from “Maude”) premieres on CBS TV.
1983 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period.
1986 – 5’7″ Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk competition.
1990 – “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine.
1993 – GM sues NBC, alleging that “Dateline NBC” program rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires.
2002 – 19th Winter Olympic games open at Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
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.
2017 – US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions Attorney General, after controversy and protests.
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