1639 – Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed.
1853 – Franklin Pierce, the President-elect of the United States at the time, and his family, are involved in a train wreck in Massachusetts.
1861 – NYC mayor proposes NY become a free city, trading with North and South.
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1896 – Cecil Rhodes resigns as premier of Cape colony.
1912 – New Mexico becomes 47th state of the Union.
1914 – Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded.
1930 – 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard) completed.
1938 – Bronze memorial statute of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx.
1941 – President Franklin Roosevelt’s “4 Freedoms” speech (freedom of speech and worship: freedom from want and fear) during US State of Union address.
1947 – Pan American Airlines offers a round-the-world-ticket, the first commercial airline to do so.
1957 – Elvis Presley makes his 7th & final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show.
1963 – “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC.
1971 – Berkeley chemist announces 1st synthetic growth hormones.
1975 – “Wheel of Fortune” debuts on NBC-TV.
1987 – 100th US Congress convenes.
1995 – Atlanta Hawks’ Lennie Wilkens becomes NBA’s winningest coach (939).
2005 – Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
2015 – Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2017 – Elizabeth Warren announces her intention to run for a second term as Massachusetts Senator.
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