1754 – Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1893 – US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy.
1896 – Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state.
1907 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Don Juan in Hell” premieres in London.
1923 – 1st broadcast of “Barn Dance Show” (WBAP-Fort Worth, Texas)
1935 – Bob Hope 1st heard on network radio as part of “The Intimate Revue”
1936 – Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade.
1942 – Rogers Hornsby is 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame.
1947 – “Show Boat” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances.
1957 – Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000.
1965 – LBJ’s “Great Society” State of the Union Address.
1970 – Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary.
1974 – Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee.
1981 – “Peter Pan” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 578 performances.
1989 – George H.W. Bush is 1st Vice President since Martin Van Buren to declare himself President of the United States.
1995 – Newt Gingrich (R) becomes speaker of the US House of Representatives.
1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
2010 – The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed HIV infection from its list of communicable diseases of public health significance.
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