1801 – Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction.
1813 – 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted.
1827 – 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1883 – Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine.
1919 – American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC)
1922 – US Supreme Court unanimously upholds 19th amendment to the US Constituent – women’s right to vote.
1939 – Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.
1951 – 22nd amendment ratified, limiting US Presidents to 2 terms.
1966 – Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of US.
1970 – NY Times (falsely) report US army has ended domestic surveillance.
1972 – US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issue Shanghai Communique.
1974 – “People” magazine begins sales.
1975 – US House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill.
1984 – Carl Lewis jumps world record indoor (8,675m)
1985 – Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief.
1990 – Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez)
1998 – Apple discontinues development of the Newton computer.
2012 – Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor.
2018 – Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Trump, has his top-secret security clearance at the White House downgraded.
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