1895 – Moving picture projector patented.
1905 – A state record minus-40 degrees in Lebanon, Kansas.
1920 – Baseball Hall of Fame player Rube Foster and 7 other team owners create the Negro National League (NNL) at a meeting in a Kansas City YMCA.
1929 – Cruiser ACT, USA, approves the construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier.
1937 – Boston Redskins receive approval from NFL to move to Washington, D.C. to share baseball’s Griffith Stadium with the Washington Senators of the American League.
1943 – Women’s US Marine Corps created.
1952 – Future world boxing champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Italian heavyweight Gino Buonvino in the 2nd round at Rhode Island Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island for his 40th straight win.
1957 – Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized in New Orleans with Martin Luther King Jr. as president.
1961 – Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Brothers Records.
1965 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
1968 – United States sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
1973 – US dollar devalues 10%.
1980 – XIII Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York.
1987 – Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator.
1995 – 3rd ESPY Awards: Steve Young, Bonnie Blair win.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one year after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2011 – 53rd Grammy Awards: “Need You Now”, Esperanza Spalding, Lady Gaga, Usher, Jeff Beck win.
2017 – President Donald Trump accepts the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn over his dealings with Russia.
2022 – Super Bowl LVI halftime show features Hip Hop legends Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Bilge, Eminem and 50 Cent.
2022 – Super Bowl LVI, SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, California: Los Angeles Rams beat Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. Rams receiver Cooper Kupp named Most Valuable Player.
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