1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound.
1898 – John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelopes folding & gumming machine (Massachusetts)
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
1918 – “Stars & Stripes”, weekly US armed forces newspaper, 1st published.
1922 – Radio arrives at the White House.
1926 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios.
1933 – 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 747.
1940 – Lewis & Hamilton’s musical “Two for the Show” premieres in NYC.
1942 – Congress advises FDR that, Americans of Japanese descent should be locked up en masse so they wouldn’t oppose the US war effort.
1945 – Paul Brown agrees to coach the new American football expansion team in Cleveland, which would later be named the Cleveland Browns after their coach.
1952 – “RCA Victor Show Starring Doris Day” debuts on NBC-TV.
1960 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51)
1965 – The Supremes release “Stop In the Name of Love”
1973 – Senate names 7 members to investigate Watergate scandal.
1983 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period.
1991 – Roger Clemens signs record $5,389,250 per year Red Sox contract.
1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
2002 – IXX Winter Olympic Games open in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
2013 – A massive blizzard begins in the US and Canada that resulted in 15 deaths, 5,300 cancelled flights, and loss of power for 900,000 people.
2017 – US Senate confirms Jeff Sessions, Attorney General, after controversy and protest.
2019 – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos accuses The National Enquirer and its owner, American Media Inc., of blackmail over private messages detailing an extramarital affair.
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