1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln stops his train at Westfield on his way to Washington to thank 11-year old Grace Bedell in person for her advice to grow a beard to gain more votes.
1909 – 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
1915 – Frank (Home Run) Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out the 1915 season.
1927 – US restores diplomatic relations with Turkey.
1937 – DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace Carothers.
1938 – US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized.
1946 – 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1953 – Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet later awarded the Air medal.
1960 – US nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip.
1963 – North Carolina forward Billy Cunningham grabs a record 27 rebounds in a game vs Clemson.
1968 – Elvis Presley receives a gold record for “How Great Thou Art”
1968 – 1st 911 phone system goes into service in Haleyville, Alabama.
1984 – 3-time men’s figure skating world champion Scott Hamilton of the US wins the gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics from Brian Orser of Canada and Jozef Sabovcik of
Czechoslovakia.
1989 – Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser signs $7.9M, 3-year contract.
1999 – O.J. Simpson’s 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle a $33.5 million civil judgement against Simpson for the deaths of his ex-wife and her friend.
2003 – 45th Daytona 500: Michael Waltrip wins for the second time in 3 years; race ends after 109 laps when rain pours on the track.
2014 – American Bode Miller (30) becomes the oldest medalist in Olympic alpine skiing history when he ties for bronze in the super-G in Sochi.
2019 – Pope Francis defrocks ex-cardinal and archbishop of Washington Theodore McCarrick for sexually abusing minors and adults. First Cardinal to be removed for sexual abuse.
2021 – Winter storm continues with Dallas recording its lowest temperature in 70 years, minus-2 degrees.
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