1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, D.C.
1925 – US Congress makes Supreme Court appeals more difficult.
1929 – Cruiser Act, USA, approves the construction of 19 new cruisers & and aircraft carrier.
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.
1943 – Women’s US Marine Corps created.
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.
1954 – Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95.
1957 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans with Martin Luther King, Jr. as President.
1961 – Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records.
1968 – US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
1972 – “1776” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,217 performances.
1973 – US dollar devalued 10%.
1976 – American Dorothy Hamill wins the free skate to clinch the women’s figure-skating gold medal at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics.
1980 – Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated.
1990 – US, Britain & France giver Germany OK to reunify.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspaper 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.
2019 – NASA confirms Mars Opportunity rover’s mission has ended after 15 years due to sandstorm damaging communications.
2020 – January 2020 was the hottest January in recorded history according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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