1755 – Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief.
1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in NYC at the Crown & Thistle Tavern.
1845 – Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour.
1868 – Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued.
1898 – John Philip Holland achieves successful test runs of the first modern submarine off Staten Island.
1926 – Richard Rogers & L Hart’s musical “Girl Friend” premieres in NYC.
1929 – General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel.
1943 – Physician William J. Kolff performs the world’s first ‘hemodialysis’ using his artificial kidney machine, however the treatment is unsuccessful and the patient dies, the Netherlands.
1956 – 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan, Phil Silvers Show & Lucy Ball win.
1961 – NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
1963 – Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.
1987 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
1988 – Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115.
1991 – New Jersey raises turnpike tolls 70%.
1993 – 19th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Candice Bergen win (TV).
1995 – US approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co.
1996 – “Bus Stop” closes at Circle in Square Theater NYC after 29 performances.
2001 – OPEC decides to cut output by 4% or 1 million barrels per day, effective April 1.
2008 – New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. David Peterson becomes acting New York State governor.
2013 – 60th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77.