1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
1824 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (d. 1863) is born.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1884 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American author and activist, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (d. 1981) is born.
1901 – Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835) dies.
1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957) is born.
1905 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978) is born.
1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1913 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (d. 2013) is born.
1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor, Kojak, singer, and director (d. 1994) is born.
1924 – Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1992) is born.
1928 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic; founded the Albert Einstein Institution is born.
1938 – Wolfman Jack, American radio host and actor (d. 1995) is born.
1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor is born.
1941 – Mike Medavoy, Chinese-American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures is born.
1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
1953 – Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist; co-founded Microsoft is born.
1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881) dies.
1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1977 – United States President Jimmy Carter pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada.
1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.
2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
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