1745 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery (d. 1827) is born.
1791 – Congress passes a law admitting the state of Vermont to the Union, effective 4 March 1791, after that state had existed for 14 years as a de facto independent largely unrecognized state.
1848 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933) is born.
1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
1862 – Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel (d. 1939) is born.
1865 – American Civil War: Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the burning of Columbia.
1878 – John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
1885 – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812) dies.
1911 – The first official flight with air mail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
1922 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (d. 2012) is born.
1930 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
1933 – Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter (Plastic Ono Band) is born.
1943 – Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech.
1947 – Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Styx) is born.
1954 – John Travolta, American actor, singer, and producer is born.
1954 – The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
1955 – Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
1970 – The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
1972 – The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment.
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test vehicle is carried on its maiden "flight" on top of a Boeing 747.
1978 – The first Ironman Triathlon competition takes place on the island of Oahu and is won by Gordon Haller.
1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.
1981 – Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895) dies.
1983 – Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
2001 – Eddie Mathews, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1931) dies.
2001 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
2001 – Seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt dies in an accident during the Daytona 500.
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