1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, D.C.
1886 – Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class.
1920 – National Negro Baseball League organizes.
1929 – Cruiser Act, USA approves the construction of 19 new cruisers & an aircraft carrier.
1932 – “Free Eats” introduces George “Spanky” McFarland to “Our Gang”
1937 – Boston Redskins receive approval from NFL to move to Washington, D.C. to share baseball’s Griffith Stadium with first Washington Senators of the American League.
1948 – Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to US from England.
1952 – Future world champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Italian heavyweight boxer Gino Buonvino in the 2nd round at Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, for his 40th straight win.
1957 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans with Martin Luther King, Jr. as President.
1968 – US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
1972 – The Musical “Grease” 1st opens on Broadway.
1973 – US dollar devalues 10%.
1980 – XIII Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York.
1985 – Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier.
1990 – Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games.
1991 – US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schultz dies.
2017 – US President Donald Trump accepts the resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn over his dealings with Russia.
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