1822 – Charles Graham of New York granted the first US patent for artificial teeth.
1907 – 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted; Indiana.
1923 – Elmer Rice’s “Adding Machine” premieres in New York City.
1933 – US Congress is called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, beginning its “100 days”
1945 – 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs.
1946 – Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League. He refuses.
1950 – Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City.
1957 – 4th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats South Carolina, 95-75.
1959 – Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.
1959 – The Coasters’ single “Charlie Brown” peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100.
1964 – 1st Ford Mustang produced.
1974 – 21st ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
1981 – Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News.
1986 – 33rd Men’s Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Georgia Tech, 68-67.
1989 – Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy.
1996 – NASA space shuttle STS-75 (Columbia 19) lands.
2002 – Financial advice TV show “The Suze Orman Show” starring Suze Orman premieres on CNBC.
2007 – The Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
2015 – President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US.
2023 – Recording Industry Association of America’s 2022 year-end report states vinyl record sales ($41 million) exceeded DC sales ($33 million) for the first time since 1987.
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