1865 – Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft. Anderson, NC.
1885 – Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US.
1901 – H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner.
1913 – French modernist painting “Nude Descending a Staircase” by Marcel Duchamp causes an uproar when shown in New York.
1922 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship to give full attention to job as Major League Baseball Commissioner.
1930 – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical “Simple Simon” premieres in NYC.
1944 – 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall signs a contract to play baseball with the Cincinnati Reds just one day after playing in a high school basketball game; debuts later that year.
1952 – 4th Emmy Awards: first time awards presented based on nationwide basis,”The Red Skelton Show”, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win.
1960 – VIII Winter Olympic Games open in Squaw Valley, California.
1962 – 4th Daytona 500: Race winner Fireball Roberts dominates the event, leading 144 of 200 laps.
1968 – Thousands of people in West Berlin demonstrate against US involvement in the Vietnam War.
1975 – 2nd American Music Awards: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win.
1979 – Mini-series “Roots: Next Generations” premieres on ABC TV.
1986 – Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner: he died of smoking-induced lung cancer on 10th October, 1985.
1996 – 38th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett wins his 2nd Great American race ahead of Dale Earnhardt and Ken Schrader.
2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
2004 – Greg Maddux signs with the Chicago Cubs, the team he began his career with.
2016 – Pope Francis questions US President hopeful Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a wall on the Mexican border.
2018 – NBA All Star Game, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA: Team LeBron beats Team Curry, 148-145; MVP: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers, F.
2020 – Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy amid hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits, suspending those claims.
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