1566 – St. Augustine, Florida, founded.
1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
1799 – 1st US law regulating insurance passed by Massachusetts legislature.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US president in Washington, D.C.
1866 – Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000).
1895 – Moving picture projector patented.
1914 – American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers-ASCAP forms in NYC.
1925 – US Congress makes Supreme Court appeal more difficult.
1937 – NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington, DC.
1943 – Women’s Marine Corps created.
1952 – Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight boxing win.
1959 – Barbie doll goes on sale.
1968 – US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam.
1972 – The Musical “Grease” 1st opens on Broadway.
1973 – US dollar devalues 10%.
1980 – Apollo Computer, Inc. incorporated.
1988 – 15th Winter Olympic games opens at Calgary, Canada.
1991 – US bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspaper one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2011 – 53rd Grammy Awards: Need You Now, Esperanza Spalding wins.
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