| 2010 | The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed |
| 2005 | Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1998 | Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers |
| 1998 | Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years |
| 1998 | President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference |
| 1997 | Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm |
| 1996 | Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence |
| 1995 | Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter |
| 1995 | Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days |
| 1995 | Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket |
| 1994 | "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances |
| 1994 | Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic |
| 1994 | Jose Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica |
| 1994 | Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m |
| 1994 | Martti Ahtisaari elected president of Finland |
| 1994 | NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3 |
| 1993 | 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal |
| 1993 | Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1992 | "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC |
| 1991 | Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-New Jersey Knights |
| 1990 | Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50 |
| 1990 | Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium |
| 1990 | Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards! |
| 1989 | Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government |
| 1988 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1987 | No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings |
| 1987 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
| 1986 | New Jersey Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals |
| 1984 | Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army |
| 1983 | 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19 |
| 1983 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic |
| 1982 | "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart |
| 1981 | "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV |
| 1981 | Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon |
| 1981 | Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4) |
| 1979 | Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto |
| 1978 | Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office |
| 1978 | Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm)) |
| 1977 | 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0 |
| 1977 | Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris |
| 1977 | Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ |
| 1976 | George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)" |
| 1975 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1974 | 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 |
| 1974 | Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis |
| 1974 | U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon |
| 1973 | "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 31 performances |
| 1973 | 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution |
| 1973 | 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah |
| 1973 | Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm |
| 1970 | Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs. Australia at Durban |
| 1970 | NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland |
| 1969 | "Dear World" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 132 performances |
| 1969 | Jerry Herman's "Dear World," premieres in New York City |
| 1968 | 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France |
| 1968 | Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam |
| 1968 | Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one |
| 1968 | KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | Cultural Revolution in Albania |
| 1967 | Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston |
| 1967 | Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1965 | "Kelly" opens and closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City |
| 1965 | Righteous Brothers "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" hits #1 |
| 1964 | "Rugantino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 28 performances |
| 1964 | France and Great Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel |
| 1964 | WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting |
| 1962 | Schoolman Athletic Field in the Bronx named |
| 1961 | "Jail, No Bail" Jail-in movement starts in Rock Hill SC |
| 1961 | KOAP TV channel 10 in Portland, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1959 | 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM |
| 1959 | Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R. Murrow |
| 1958 | 7 members on Manchester United football team die in an air crash |
| 1958 | Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid |
| 1956 | Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing |
| 1956 | French premier Guy Mollet pelted with tomatoes in Algiers |
| 1956 | University of Alabama refuses admission to Autherine Lucy (because he's black) |
| 1953 | Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie |
| 1953 | U.S. controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted |
| 1952 | England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II |
| 1951 | "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84 |
| 1951 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Ill), to demonstrate lax in security |
| 1948 | Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia |
| 1948 | KNXT (now KCBS) TV channel 2 in Los Angeles, California (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1947 | Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket |
| 1946 | "Lute Song" opens at Plymouth Theater New York City for 142 performances |
| 1945 | 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz |
| 1945 | Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder |
| 1943 | 1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down |
| 1943 | Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade" |
| 1941 | Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) |
| 1941 | Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian 10th army destroyed |
| 1941 | British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya |
| 1939 | Spanish government flees to France |
| 1937 | K Elizabeth Ohi becomes 1st Japanese-U.S. female lawyer |
| 1936 | 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany |
| 1936 | Pravda criticizes Shostakovich' ballet "Clear Brook" |
| 1935 | Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time |
| 1935 | 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey |
| 1934 | Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 |
| 1933 | -90 degrees F (-68 degrees C), Oymyakon, U.S.S.R. (Asian record) |
| 1933 | 112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila |
| 1933 | 20th Amendment goes into effect: President term begins in Jan not March |
| 1933 | Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 m, in Pacific hurricane |
| 1933 | President von Hindenburg and von Papen end Prussian parliament |
| 1932 | 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) |
| 1932 | Fascist coup in the Memel territory |
| 1929 | Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night" |
| 1926 | NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates |
| 1926 | St. Louis Browns acquire catcher Wally Schang from New York Yankees |
| 1922 | Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI |
| 1922 | U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation |
| 1921 | "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released |
| 1920 | Saarland administrated by League of Nations |
| 1919 | 1st day of 5-day Seattle general strike |
| 1918 | Britain grants women (30 and over) vote |
| 1911 | 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona |
| 1911 | Great fire destroys downtown Constantinople/Istanbul Turkey |
| 1904 | Russian-Japanese war began |
| 1902 | Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City |
| 1900 | Battle at Vaalkrans, South Africa (Boers vs British army) |
| 1899 | Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate |
| 1891 | 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17) |
| 1869 | Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers |
| 1867 | Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South |
| 1865 | 2nd day of battle at Dabney's Mills (Hatcher's Run) |
| 1865 | Robert E. Lee appointed Confederate General in Chief |
| 1864 | Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia |
| 1862 | General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee |
| 1862 | Naval Engagement at Tennessee River - USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle |
| 1862 | Ulysses S. Grant begins military campaign in Mississippi |
| 1861 | 1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America |
| 1861 | English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships |
| 1854 | Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine |
| 1851 | Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "Rhenisch," premieres in Dusseldorf |
| 1840 | Waitangi Day; treaty signed between Britain and Maoris of New Zealand |
| 1836 | HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia |
| 1832 | 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1832 | U.S. ship destroys Sumatran village in retaliation for piracy |
| 1820 | 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (New York to Sierra Leone) |
| 1820 | U.S. population announced at 9,638,453 (1,771,656 blacks (18.4%)) |
| 1819 | Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founds freeport harbor Singapore |
| 1815 | New Jersey issues 1st U.S. railroad charter (John Stevens) |
| 1788 | Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution |
| 1778 | England declares war on France |
| 1778 | France recognizes U.S., signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st U.S. treaty |
| 1716 | England and Netherlands renew alliance |
| 1693 | Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va |
| 1651 | Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris |
| 1626 | Huguenot rebels and French sign Peace of La Rochelle |
| 1577 | King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots |
| 1508 | Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor |
| 1189 | Riots of Lynn in Norfolk spread to Norwich England |
| 337 | St. Julius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
