1795 – 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states.
1839 – Henry Clay declares in Senate “I had rather be right than president”
1862 – Federal fleet attack on Roanoke Island, NC.
1915 – 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received.
1934 – 1st contract tor TVA power, Tupelo, MS.
1940 – Walt Disney’s second feature length movie, “Pinocchio” premieres (NYC)
1943 – Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942)
1949 – Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000 a year baseball player for the New York Yankees.
1950 – Senator Joe McCarthy finds “communists” in US Department of State (equiv. Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
1959 – Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox baseball team to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M.
1962 – US President JFK begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports.
1964 – Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream.
1973 – US Senate creates Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.
1983 – 1st female Secretary of Transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1985 – “New York, New York” becomes the official anthem of New York City.
1988 – 38th NBA All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium; East beats West, 138-133; MVP; Michael Jordan, Chicago Bulls, F.
1998 – XVIII Winter Olympic Games open in Nagano, Japan.
2010 – Super Bowl XLIV, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, Fl; New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts, 31-17: MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB.
2019 – Measles outbreak declared in the Philippines with 1,813 cases and 26 deaths