1893 – Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey.
1920 – 1st commercial armored car introduced (St. Paul, Minnesota)
1948 – Johnny Palmer sets a 36-hole PGA Tour scoring record with rounds of 62-64 in the Tucson Open; finishes runner-up by 1 stroke to Skip Alexander who cards tournament record total 264.
1949 – RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1950 – Green Bay Packers founder, player and coach Curly Lambeau resigns after 31 seasons and 6 NFL titles to his credit.
1951 – 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated.
1953 – “General Electric Theater” premieres on CBS TV; Ronald Reagan later hosts.
1957 – MLB club owners accept new 5-year pension plan proposed by the players, but reject request to increase minimum salary from $6,000 to $7,500.
1959 – Texas Instruments request patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1960 – 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1969 – In his first start in a Ford, legendary driver Richard Petty wins the Motor Trend 500 in Riverside, California; previous 92 NASCAR victories were in Plymouths..
1976 – Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce.
1982 – “Late Night with David Letterman” debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest.
1994 – Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his part in attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan: plea bargain, confesses to racketeering in exchange for testimony implicating ex-wife Tony Harding.
2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2004 – Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
2004 – Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX: New England beats Carolina Panthers, 32-29: Tom Brady, New England, QB.
2006 – Economist Ben Bernanke becomes chairman of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Alan Greenspan.
2013 – John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State.
2016 – Alphabet, Google’s parent company surpasses Apple as the world’s most valuable company ($568bn vs $535bn), after releasing income results.
2016 – Iowa Caucuses: Republican Ted Cruz defeats Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders by a coin-toss.
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