1809 – Robert Fulton patents steamboat.
1851 – US President Abraham Lincoln takes train from Springfield to Washington D.C.
1895 – Georgetown became part of Washington, D.C.
1903 – US Congress adopts the Expedition Act which authorizes the Attorney General to ‘expedite’ anti-trust cases through the courts, reflecting growing popular for President Theodore Roosevelt’s “trust busting” campaign.
1918 – US President Woodrow Wilson makes another speech before Congress and announces ‘the Four Principal’ – freedom of navigation, and end to secret diplomacy, and similar items – that supplement his Fourteen Points.
1932 – 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February.
1942 – “Archie” comic book debuts.
1945 – 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA.
1949 – “Lovesick Blues” single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox “Best Hillbilly Record of the Year”, Billboard Song of the Year 1949)
1950 – “Rag Mop” by the Ames Brothers hits #1.
1963 – American chef Julia Child’s show “The French Chef” premieres.
1966 – San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000.
1974 – Henry Kissinger unveils Nixon Administration’s seven-point “Project Independence” plan to make the US energy independent.
1979 – 43 million watch “Elvis” on ABC.
1990 – 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, Fl: East beats West, 130-113: MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F.
1993 – President Clinton selects Janet Reno to be first female US Attorney General.
1997 – Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets.
1998 – KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation, the first pope to resign since 1415.
2016 – Sixth Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast on CNN and PBS, and held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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