1825 – House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president.
1870 – US Army establishes US National Weather Service.
1900 – Dwight Davis establishes a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup.
1909 – 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1916 – National League votes down a proposal by Giants, Braves, & Cubs to increase club player limit from 21 to 22 (The Reds want to decrease to 20)
1922 – World War Foreign Debt Commission is established by Congress to settle the problem of Allied war and postwar loans.
1940 – Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
1942 – Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US.
1943 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an executive order setting a minimum 48-hour work week in a number of critical war industries.
1950 – Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists.
1963 – 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet.
1964 – 1st appearance of the Beatles on the “Ed Sullivan Show” draws 73.7 million viewers.
1964 – GI Joe character created.
1974 – “Daddy What IF” by Bobby Bare peakes at #41.
1980 – Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st NBA player to score 8 3-pointers in a game.
1989 – Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
1997 – Fox cartoon series “Simpsons” airs 167th episode the longest-funning animated series in cartoon history.
2005 – Al Michaels joins NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” broadcast with John Madden.
2016 – Super Bowl L. Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA: Denver Broncos beat Carolina Panthers, 24-10: MVP: Von Miller, Denver, LB.
2016 – US primary elections: New Hampshire Primary. In Republican race Donald Trump wins (35%), John Kasich 2nd (16%), and Bernie Sanders (60%) defeats Hillary Clinton (38%) in Democratic race.
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