1631 – Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England.
1644 – 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut.
1736 – Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrived in Savannah, Georgia.
1817 – 1st US gas company incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights)
1850 – Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY.
1901 – Pierpont Morgan forms US Steel Corp.
1918 – 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson.
1922 – Reader’s Digest magazine 1st published.
1936 – National Wildlife Federation forms.
1937 – FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, “court packing” plan failed.
1945 – US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manilla.
1953 – “Peter Pan” by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC.
1958 – Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.
1967 – “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1969 – US population reaches 200 million. (Current US Population: 325,513,968 as of February 3, 2017)
1972 – “Another Puff” by Jerry Reed peaks at #65.
1981 – Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy.
1988 – 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 years – Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan.
1997 – OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman & Nicole Simpson in a civil court action.
2006 – Super Bowl XL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Seattle Seahawks, 21-10 at the Ford Field, MVP: Hines Ward, Pittsburgh, WR.
2013 – The US Postal Service announces the cessation of Saturday first-class mail delivery from August 2013.
2016 – Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities.
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