1789 – Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded.
1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree.
1889 – Daniel Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago.
1909 – 1st radio rescue at sea.
1930 – George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established.
1941 – Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center.
1943 – Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time.
1955 – Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
1955 – Express train traveling from York to Bristol derails, killing 14 and injuring many other passengers.
1961 – Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films.
1964 – 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections.
1965 – Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by Wilt Chamberlain.
1971 – UCLA men’s basketball team loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War.
1979 – Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1983 – “A-Team” with Mr. T premieres on NBC.
1986 – 1st induction of Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley)
1993 – NY Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women.
2003 – Final communication between Earth and NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2016 – Blizzard delivers record snow to 80 US states, New York 30 inches of snow, Washington 28 inches, at least 15 killed.
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