1688 – Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa.
1850 – California Legislature creates nine Bay area counties.
1865 – Union troops force Confederates to abandon Ft Anderson, NC.
1885 – Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US.
1896 – Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 years.
1908 – 1st US postage stamps in rolls issued.
1929 – The first Academy Awards are announced.
1930 – Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart’s “Simple Simon” premieres in NYC.
1944 – Youngest baseball player, Cincinnati Reds sign 15 year old Joe Nuxhall.
1951 – 3 City College of NY basketball players admit to accepting bribes.
1962 – 4th Daytona 500: Fireball Roberts wins (152.529 MPH)
1965 – Frank Gifford announces his retirement from football for broadcasting.
1972 – California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty.
1975 – 2nd American Music Awards: Olivia Newton-John & John Denver win.
1979 – 21st Daytona 500: Richard Petty wins (143.977 MPH)
1988 – Anthony Kennedy, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice.
2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He was ultimately convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
2001 – Crash during Daytona 500 race on last lap claims life of Dale Earnhardt.
2004 – Greg Maddux signs with the Chicago Cubs, the team he began his career with.
2016 – Pope Francis questions US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s Christianity over his call to build a wall on the Mexican border.
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