1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C.
1903 – Congress adopts the Expedition Act, which authorizes the Attorney General to ‘expedite’ anti-trust cases through the courts, reflecting growing popular support tor President Theodore Roosevelt’s “trust busting” campaign.
1918 – President Woodrow Wilson makes another speech before Congress and announces ‘the Four Principles’ – freedom of navigation, and end to secret diplomacy, and similar items- that supplement his Fourteen Points.
1922 – “April Showers” by Al Jolson hits #1.
1932 – 73 F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February.
1942 – “Archie” comic book debuts.
1949 – “Lovesick Blues” single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox “Best Hillbilly Record of the Year”, Billboard Song of the Year 1949).
1950 – “Rag Mop” by The Ames Brothers hits #1.
1958 – Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st African American woman hired as flight attendant, Ithaca, NY.
1966 – SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year.
1974 – Henry Kissinger unveils Nixon Administration’s seven-point “Project Independence” plan to make the U.S. energy independent.
1979 – 43 million watch “Elvis!” on ABC.
1987 – British Airways begins trading stocks.
1990 – In a huge upset, James “Buster” Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title.
1993 – President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General.
1998 – KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation, the first pope to resign since 1415.
2021 – California’s COVID-19 death toll overtakes New York’s, reaching 45,496 amid first sign of falling infection numbers (Johns Hopkins)
2021 – President Joe Biden rescinds the national emergency order used by Donald Trump to fund the border wall with Mexico.
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