1892 – Longest boxing match under modern rules: 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby.
1901 – Congress passes the Army Reorganization Act, placing the minimum number of men under arms at 58,000.
1913 – New York City’s Grand Central Terminal opens.
1923 – Ethyl gasoline first marketed in Dayton, Ohio.
1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) organized to provide financial support to state and local governments and to make loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses.
1940 – Frank Sinatra performs at the Lyric Theater in Indianapolis, Indiana. It’s his first as featured singer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.
1942 – Auto factories in the United States switch from commercial to war production.
1944 – 4th US Marine Division conquers Roi, Marshall Islands.
1948 – President Harry Truman urges Congress to adopt a civil rights program.
1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower announces the detonation of the world’s first hydrogen bomb. It was tested in 1952.
1964 – GI Joe debuts as a popular American boy’s toy.
1970 – Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points.
1980 – FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors.
1989 – Temperatures are 0 degrees or below in 15 states.
1995 – Space Shuttle Discovery launched.
1997 – Scotty Bowman becomes first coach in National Hockey League history to win 1,000 games.
2014 – Super Bowl XLVIII, Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ: Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos 42-8. Seattle linebacker Malcolm Smith is named Most Valuable Player.
2016 – First case of Zika contracted on the US mainland in Texas and is second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas.
2021 – Jeff Bezos announces he is stepping down as CEO of Amazon after 30 years, becoming executive chairman.
2021 – President Joe Biden signs executive order to reunite immigrant families, setting up a new task force to address around 1,000 remaining separated families.
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