| 2013 | Seven years after Apple Inc. submitted its request to sell their iPhone under the name "iPhone" in Brazil, regulators denied their request, favoring IBG Electronica, who filed for the trademark in 2000, and was granted permission in 2008 |
| 2013 | U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee, Jack Lew, begins his confirmation hearing by testifying before the U.S. Senate's financial committee |
| 2012 | The credit ratings of European Union members including Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain are downgraded by Moody's Investors Service |
| 2012 | Moody's Investor's Service issues a negative outlook for the credit ratings for Austria, France and the United Kingdom |
| 2011 | In Iran, opposition leaders plan a nationwide anti-government rally in an attempt to replicate the success of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution |
| 2011 | At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Lady Antebellum wins the Song of the Year and Record of the Year award for the song, 'Need You Now' |
| 2010 | Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili dies in a fatal crash during a training run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, hours before the opening ceremonies |
| 2008 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the Aboriginal people of Australia |
| 2000 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship |
| 2000 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship |
| 1997 | "Three Sisters," opens at Criterion Theater New York City |
| 1997 | Discovery captures Hubble Space Telescope |
| 1996 | Howard Stern announces he will be making the film "Private Parts" |
| 1996 | Rock musical "Rent," by Jonathan Larson, opens off-Broadway |
| 1995 | West Indies beat New Zealand by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55 |
| 1994 | 44th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 127-118 at Minneapolis |
| 1994 | Inna Lassovskaya jumps world record 14.9m |
| 1994 | Johann Olav Koss skates world record 5000m 6:34,96 |
| 1994 | Ship disaster near Ranong Thailand, kills 200 |
| 1993 | Ljubow Kremljowa runs world record 1000m indoor (2:34:84) |
| 1993 | Merlene Ottey runs world record 200m indoor (21.87 sec) |
| 1993 | Sergei Bubka pole vaults indoor record (6.14 m) |
| 1992 | "Most Happy Fella" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 229 performances |
| 1992 | Jose Canseco repeatedly rams his Porsche into wife Esther's BMW |
| 1992 | West beats East 14 to 9 in Major Soccer League all star game |
| 1991 | Syria tells Germany they are ready to recognize Israel |
| 1991 | U.S. bombs Iraqi air raid shelter, killing 334 |
| 1990 | 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa |
| 1990 | Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games |
| 1990 | U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify |
| 1989 | Kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed |
| 1989 | Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison |
| 1988 | 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada |
| 1988 | Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40) |
| 1988 | European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992 |
| 1988 | Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m) |
| 1988 | Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41) |
| 1987 | Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator |
| 1985 | Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier |
| 1985 | Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders |
| 1984 | 6 year old Texan Stormie Jones gets 1st heart and liver transplant |
| 1984 | Konstantin Chernenko succeeds Yuri Andropov as U.S.S.R. leader |
| 1983 | "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 199 performances |
| 1983 | 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA |
| 1983 | Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup |
| 1983 | E Bernstein, Levinson and Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York City |
| 1983 | World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds |
| 1982 | Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week |
| 1982 | Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers |
| 1981 | Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words |
| 1980 | Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated |
| 1980 | New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin |
| 1979 | 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| 1979 | Washington State's Hood Canal Bridge breaks up in windstorm |
| 1978 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1977 | "Guys and Dolls" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 239 performances |
| 1977 | "Ipi Tombi" closes at Harkness Theater New York City after 39 performances |
| 1977 | "Robber Bridegroom" closes at Biltmore Theater New York City after 145 performances |
| 1977 | Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship |
| 1977 | Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic |
| 1976 | Dorothy Hamill wins Olympic figure-skating gold, Innsbruck, Austria |
| 1976 | Peter Casserly of New Zealand hand-sheers record 353 lambs in 9 holes |
| 1975 | Cyprus premier Denktash procliams Turkish-Cypriot Federation |
| 1974 | "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City |
| 1974 | Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from U.S.S.R. |
| 1974 | James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame |
| 1973 | Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in New York City |
| 1973 | U.S. dollar devalues 10 percent |
| 1972 | "1776" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 1,217 performances |
| 1972 | "Grease" opens on Broadway |
| 1972 | 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan |
| 1971 | 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos |
| 1971 | Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2 |
| 1970 | Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi |
| 1970 | NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23) |
| 1969 | Mary Hopkin's Postcard album on Apple is released |
| 1969 | Suriname government of Pengel resigns |
| 1968 | U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam |
| 1966 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1965 | Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title |
| 1965 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming |
| 1965 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti |
| 1961 | Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records |
| 1961 | Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus |
| 1960 | "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| 1960 | "Saratoga" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances |
| 1960 | France performs 1st nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria |
| 1959 | Barbie doll goes on sale |
| 1959 | Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns |
| 1957 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference organizes in New Orleans |
| 1956 | KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland |
| 1955 | Israel acquires 4 of 7 Dead Sea scrolls |
| 1955 | KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1955 | Patty Berg wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Open |
| 1954 | Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95 |
| 1953 | A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium |
| 1952 | Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win |
| 1948 | Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings |
| 1948 | Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Lannoy and Baugniet of BEL |
| 1948 | Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA |
| 1948 | Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England |
| 1946 | "Duchess Misbehaves" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| 1945 | Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die |
| 1945 | Gerbrandy British government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy |
| 1945 | U.S.S.R. captures Budapest, after 49-day battle with Germany; 159,000 die |
| 1943 | German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front |
| 1943 | Women's Marine Corps created |
| 1942 | Hitler's Operation Seelowe (invasion of England) cancelled |
| 1941 | Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council |
| 1940 | Bradman scores 209* in 161 minutes for South Australia at the WACA |
| 1937 | "Prince Valiant" comic strip appears; known for historical detail |
| 1937 | Bradman scores 123 SA vs. Queensland, 165 minutes, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket |
| 1937 | Maribel Vinson wins her 9th U.S. figure skating championship |
| 1937 | NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington D.C. |
| 1937 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson |
| 1937 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee |
| 1935 | 1st U.S. surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland |
| 1935 | Bruno Hauptmann found guilty of kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's infant |
| 1934 | Austrian Dollfuss government bans socialistic party |
| 1932 | "Free Eats" introduces George "Spanky" McFarland to "Our Gang" |
| 1929 | Cruiser Act: OKs construction of 19 new cruisers and an aircraft carrier |
| 1929 | Vladimir Mayakofsky's "Klop," premieres in Moscow |
| 1927 | Uprising against Portuguese regime of General Carmona defeated |
| 1925 | U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult |
| 1924 | King Tut's tomb opened |
| 1923 | 1st Black pro Basketball team, "Renaissance," organizes |
| 1920 | League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland |
| 1920 | Switzerland rejoin League of Nations |
| 1914 | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City |
| 1912 | England regains cricket's Ashes |
| 1907 | English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested |
| 1905 | -29 degrees F (-34 degrees C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) |
| 1905 | -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) |
| 1905 | -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) |
| 1899 | -16 degrees F (-27 degrees C), Minden Louisiana (state record) |
| 1899 | -1 degrees F (-18 degrees C) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1899 | -2 degrees F (-19 degrees C) Tallahassee, Florida (state record) |
| 1895 | Moving picture projector patented |
| 1886 | Painter Thomas Eakins resigns from Philadelphia Academy of Art after controversial over use of male nudes in a coed art class |
| 1867 | Johann Strauss' "Blue Danube" waltz premieres in Vienna |
| 1866 | Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri ($15,000) |
| 1864 | Miridian Campaign fighting at Chunky Creek and Wyatt, Mississippi |
| 1861 | 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor |
| 1861 | Abraham Lincoln declared president |
| 1861 | Col Bernard Irwin attacks and defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians |
| 1860 | King Basse Kajuara departs Boni South-Celebes |
| 1858 | Sir Richard Burton and John Speake explore Lake Tanganyika, Africa |
| 1837 | Riot in New York over high price of flour |
| 1832 | 1st appearance of cholera at London |
| 1826 | American Temperance Society, forms in Boston |
| 1816 | Teatro San Carlo in Naples destroyed by fire |
| 1809 | French take Saragossa, Spain after a long siege |
| 1799 | 1st U.S. law regulating insurance passed, by Massachusetts |
| 1795 | 1st state university in U.S. opens, University of North Carolina |
| 1786 | Abraham Baldwin selected president of University of Georgia |
| 1782 | French fleet occupies St. Christopher |
| 1777 | de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress |
| 1755 | Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java |
| 1741 | Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine) |
| 1706 | Battle at Fraustadt: Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen |
| 1693 | College of William and Mary opens |
| 1692 | MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III |
| 1689 | British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights |
| 1668 | Treaty of Lisbon: Spain recognizes Portugal |
| 1651 | Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo |
| 1635 | Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded |
| 1633 | Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun |
| 1601 | John Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London |
| 1578 | Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system |
| 1566 | St. Augustine, Florida founded |
| 1545 | Willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange |
| 1510 | Charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal |
| 1349 | Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland |
| 1130 | Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II |
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