1733 – 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1776 – James Wright, Royal Governor of Georgia, is placed under house arrest by Major Joseph Habersham.
1777 – San Jose California, founded.
1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC).
1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
1929 – “NY Daily Mirror” columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio.
1943 – US rations bread & metal – banning presliced bread reduce bakery demand for metal parts.
1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
1950 – Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes a $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller’s own suggestion.
1960 – US & Japan sign joint defense treaty.
1964 – Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand – #35).
1968 – “Happy Time” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 286 performances.
1974 – “$6 Million Man” starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC-TV.
1975 – “Jeffersons” spinoff from “All in the Family” premieres on CBS.
1983 – IOC restores Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball.
1989 – IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988.
1991 – Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time.
2015 – AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots beat Indianapolis Colts 45-7.
2015 – NFC Championship Game: Seattle Seahawks beat Green Bay Packers 28-22 (OT).
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