1839 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia.
1911 – Japan and the US conclude a treaty that continues restrictions on Japanese laborers.
1921 – 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time arrives in Florida.
1937 – 1st US group hospital-medical cooperative authorized, Washington, D.C.
1938 – DuPont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrushes bristles.
1942 – Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
1943 – Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WWII.
1955 – 12 Golden Globes; “On The Waterfront”, Marlon Brando & Judy Garland win.
1961 – NASA Explorer S-45 mission; ionosphere beacon fails to reach Earth orbit.
1963 – 5th Daytona 500: Tiny Lund driving for Wood Bros Racing, wins on 4 pit stops as the first 10 laps run under caution flag because of rain.
1964 – “My Heart Skips a Beat” single released by Buck Owens (Billboard No.1 U.S. Hot Country Singles, 1964)
1968 – US troops reconquer Hue, Vietnam.
1977 – President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1980 – US ice hockey team clinches gold medal with 4-2 win over Finland at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; comes after 4-3 win “Miracle on Ice” victory against hot favorite Soviet Union.
1986 – Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million.
1996 – Cuba downs 2 US planes.
2002 – XXI Winter Olympic Games close in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years.
2019 – Roman Catholic Church summit on pedophilia ends with Pope Francis promising more action and calling those guilty “tools of Satan”
2022 – Russian leader Vladimir Putin announces the start of a “special military operation” in Ukraine to “demilitarize” the country moments before Russia launches a full-scale pre-dawn invasion by land, air and sea, with bombings in several cities amid international condemnation.
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