1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1915 – Kiwanis International founded in Detroit.
1939 – US Male Figure Skating Championship won by Robin Lee.
1942 – Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal.
1942 – Count Basie records the music single and Jazz standard “One O’Clock Jump.”
1953 – John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State.
1954 – 4th NBA All-Star Game, Madison Square Garden, New York City: East beats West 98-93 in overtime. Boston Celtics guard Bob Cousy named Most Valuable Player.
1956 – Victor Borge’s one-man show “Comedy in Music” closes at John Golden Theatre in New York City. It runs for 849 performances, a Guinness world record.
1964 – Carl Rowan named director of US Information Agency.
1968 – 18th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East 38-20. Most Valuable Players are Chicago Bears halfback Gale Sayers and Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Dave Robinson.
1974 – Gold hits record $161.31, silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London.
1977 – President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft dodgers.
1985 – North Carolina state-record minus-34 degrees at Mt. Mitchell.
1988 – US accepts immigration of 30,000 US Vietnamese children.
1992 – Bill Cowher becomes the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, becoming only the second head coach of the team since 1970, replacing Chuck Noll.
1999 – In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the US Coast Guard intercepts a ship carrying 4,300 kilograms of cocaine.
2007 – AFC Championship, RCA Dome, Indianapolis: Indianapolis Colts beat New England Patriots 38-34.
2010 – President Barack Obama proposes the “Volcker Rule,” a rule proposed by Paul Volcker intended to restrict risky trading by banks.
2019 – Golden State guard Klay Thompson sets an NBA record by making his first 10 attempts from 3-point range as the Warriors beat the Los Angeles Lakers 130-111. Thompson scored 44 points.
2021 – Avril Haines is sworn in as the first female US Director of National Intelligence by Vice President Kamala Harris.
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