1801 – Massachusetts enacts first voter registration law.
1854 – Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US.
1887 – North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.
1908 – Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before city council and announces that, “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles.”
1918 – President Woodrow Wilson authorizes US Army’s Distinguished Service Award.
1939 – Glamour magazine begins publishing.
1941 – 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1″)
1945 – US 9th Armoured Division attacks Remagen Germany, crosses Rhine.
1951 – Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for 2nd time to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title.
1955 – 7th Emmy Awards: “Make Room for Daddy”, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young win.
1964 – 11th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59.
1967 – Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec. 23, 1971)
1977 – Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter.
1979 – Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires.
1983 – TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
1990 – Wayne Huizenga buys 1/2 of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m.
1996 – Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career points.
2011 – “Crazy Girl” single released by Eli Young Band (ACM Awards Song of the Year 2012, Billboard Song of the Year 2011)
2016 – Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL.
2019 – Chinese telecommunications company Huawei sues the US government over a federal ban on its products.
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