1855 – Michigan State University established.
1870 – Utah becomes the second territory in the United States to pass a law allowing women to vote, after Wyoming in 1869.
1909 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms.
1914 – “The Squaw Man”, 1st feature-length film shot in Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel, is released in the US.
1925 – 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress.
1937 – Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise.
1949 – “Annie Get Your Gun” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances.
1950 – Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb.
1955 – McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks.
1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design.
1964 – Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
1968 – 25th Golden Globes: “In the Heat of the Night”, Rod Steiger, & Edith Evans win.
1973 – 1st US POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines.
1978 – “Jesus Christ Superstar” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances.
1984 – Cale Yarborough becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH.
1995 – Bonnie Blair skates female world record 500m (38.69 sec)
1997 – Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O.J. Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement.
2006 – A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington, D.C. up to Boston, Mass. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
2014 – Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin is found guilty on corruption charges and sentenced to ten years in prison.
2014 – Intel entrepreneur and co-founder of the X-PRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis, claims that 50% of US jobs are under threat of being mechanized within 10 years.
2019 – US national debt tops 22 trillion for the first time according to US Treasury.
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