1853 – Franklin Pierce, the President-elect of the United States at the time, and his family are involved in a train wreck in Massachusetts.
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1912 – New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the Union.
1914 – Stock brokerage frim of Merrill Lynch founded.
1930 – 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed.
1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.
1941 – US President Franklin Roosevelt makes his “Four Freedoms” speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during his US State of Union address.
1942 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world (“Pacific Clipper”)
1947 – Pan American Airlines offers a round-the-world-ticket, the first commercial airline to do so.
1957 – Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show.
1963 – “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” with Marlin Perkins begins on NBC.
1967 – “Milton Berle Show” last airs on ABC-TV.
1974 – In response to the 1973 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1975 – “Wheel of Fortune” debuts on NBC-TV.
1976 – Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million.
1987 – 100th US Congress convenes.
1992 – The US Government urges doctors to stop using silicone breast implants, outlining the health effects.
2005 – Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect for the 1964 murders of three Civil Rights workers.
2016 – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” breaks North American box office record, passing the $760.5m taken by “Avatar”
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