1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp.
1915 – US Marines occupy Haiti.
1918 – “Tarzan of the Apes”, 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1943 – 1st US air attacks on Germany (Wilhelmshaven)
1948 – 1st tape recorder sold.
1954 – American boxer Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim in 15-round unanimous decision to retain his world light heavyweight title at the Orange Bowl, Miami; last of famous trilogy of fights, all won by Moore.
1956 – RCA records releases Elvis Presley’s single “Heartbreak Hotel”, his first million-seller (written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden)
1961 – “Sing Along with Mitch” {Miller} premieres on NBC TV.
1964 – Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican Presidential bid.
1967 – Treaty signed banning military use of nuclear weapons in space.
1970 – 1970 NFL Draft: Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana Tech first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers.
1976 – “Laverne & Shirley” TV spinoff from “Happy Days” starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams premieres on ABC TV.
1984 – Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial.
1991 – Super Bowl XXV, Tampa Stadium, Tampa, FL: New York Giants beat Buffalo Bills, 20-19; MVP: Ottis Anderson, NY Giants, RB.
1992 – Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Gennifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair.
1997 – “Men Are from Mars, Women Are From Venus” opens at Gershwin, NYC.
2007 – Australian Open Women Winners Tennis: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2, first time the tournament used Hawk-Eye system for official line-calls.
2017 – President Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees.
2022 – President Joe Biden pledges to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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