1834 – Wake Forest University is established in North Carolina.
1876 – Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co., manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis balls, basketball, golf balls and football.
1908 – Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act.
1913 – 16th Amendment to the US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified.
1924 – Canada beats United States, 6-1 to retain the Olympic ice hockey gold medal (won at 1920 Summer Games) at the Chamonix Games; Canadian LW Harry Watson tops scores with 46 points.
1933 – 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, D.C.
1941 – US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours.
1945 – Walt Disney’s “3 Caballenos” released.
1951 – Tennessee Williams’ “Rose Tattoo” premieres in NYC.
1953 – J. Fred Muggs, a chimpanzee, becomes a regular on NBC’s Today Show.
1959 – “The Day the Music Died” plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J.P. Richardson and pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1962 – US President John F. Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs.
1965 – 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating in exams.
1971 – OPEC mandates “total embargo” against any company that rejects 55 percent tax rate.
1978 – Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter discuss the Middle East peace process in Washington, D.C.
1978 – “YMCA” by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart.
1986 – US President Ronald Reagan announces formation of commission of enquiry on Challenger Accident.
1998 – Karla Faye Tucker is executed in Texas, first woman executed in the United States since 1984.
2008 – Super Bowl XLII, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ: New York Giants beat New England Patriots, 17-14: MVP: Eli Manning, New York, QB.
2019 – Super Bowl LII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Ga: New England Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams, 13-3: MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots 6th Super Bowl victory.
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