1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound.
1898 – John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding 7 gumming machine in Massachusetts.
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1918 – “Stars & Stripes”, weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.
1926 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studies 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.
1945 – Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach.
1952 – “RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day” debuts on NBC-TV.
1960 – Boston Celtics Bill Russell becomes 1st NBA player with 50 rebounds (51)
1965 – Eastern DC-7B crashes into the Atlantic off Jones Beach, NJ, killing 84.
1969 – Last edition of Saturday Evening Post.
1973 – Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal.
1977 – Earthquake in San Francisco, at 5.0, strongest since 1966.
1983 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period.
1991 – Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract.
2002 – XIX Winter Olympic Games open in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2010 – 747-8 Freighter takes off for its maiden flight from Paine Field, Washington.
2018 – Twitter reports its first quarterly profit as a public company.
2019 – Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee declares a state of emergency after heavy snowfall.
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