1870 – US Army establishes US National Weather Service.
1889 – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established as a Cabinet level agency.
1895 – Volleyball invented by W G Morgan of Massachusetts.
1909 – 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium)
1918 – US Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe, Virginia.
1932 – US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY)
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.
1951 – St Louis Browns sign pitcher Satchel Paige, age 45.
1960 – AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact.
1964 – 1st appearance of the Beatles on the “Ed Sullivan Show”, from New York, draws 73.7 million television viewers.
1969 – 1st flight of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
1974 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill.
1986 – 36th NBA All-Star Game, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: East beats West, 139-132; MVP: Isiah Thomas, Detroit Pistons, G.
1991 – Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration.
1997 – Fox cartoon series “Simpsons” airs 167th episode, the longest-running animated series in cartoon history.
2006 – Al Michaels joins NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” broadcast with John Madden.
2014 – Slopestyle snowboarding event makes Olympic debut at Sochi Winter Games; American Jamie Anderson is inaugural women’s gold medalist.
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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