1789 – 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President.
1824 – J.W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public.
1847 – 1st US telegraph company established in Maryland.
1887 – Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads.
1924 – George Kelly’s “Show-Off,” premieres in NYC.
1938 – Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is officially released.
1945 – Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the final phase of the war.
1952 – 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
1957 – 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse, NY)
1968 – “Golden Rainbow” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances.
1970 – “Patton” directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Best Picture 1971)
1971 – National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, NC.
1980 – Studio 54 holds its grand closing party on its last night in business.
1983 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton.
1987 – US President Reagan’s veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress.
1991 – Baseball Hall of Fame board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose.
1991 – US postage raises from 25 cents to 29 cents.
1998 – Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels, Belgium.
2004 – Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room.
2007 – Super Bowl XLI: Indianapolis Colts beat Chicago Bears, 29-17 at the Dolphins Stadium MVP; Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, QB.
2014 – Satya Nadella succeeds Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft.
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