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.
1908 – Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St. Louis Browns for $5,000.
1915 – 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station received.
1922 – John Willard’s “Cat & the Canary” premieres in NYC.
1936 – Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto Messmer.
1940 – Walt Disney’s second feature length movie, “Pinocchio” premieres (NYC)
1943 – Shoe rationing begins in US (may purchase up to 3 pairs in 1942)
1949 – Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000 a year baseball player for the New York Yankees.
1959 – Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox 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.
1970 – LSU’s “Pistol” Pete Maravich scores 69 points in losing cause.
1983 – 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
1988 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic.
1991 – Bobby Knight, Larry O’Brien, Tiny Archibald, Dave Cowens, Harry Gallatin & Larry Fleisher elected to NBA Hall of Fame.
1994 – 21st American Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins.
1998 – 18th Winter Olympic games open at Nagano, Japan
2014 – 22nd Winter Olympic Games open at Sochi, Russia.
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