1853 – President-elect of the United States Franklin Pierce and his family are involved in a train wreck near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce's 11-year-old son Benjamin is killed in the crash.
1893 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1912 – New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
1912 – Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (d. 1991) is born.
1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858) dies.
1925 – John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005) is born.
1929 – Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
1931 – Thomas Edison signs his last patent application.
1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 2015) is born.
1941 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
1954 – Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created Dragon Quest is born.
1970 – Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress is born.
1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938) dies.
1994 – Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the knee at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit.
1995 – A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
2005 – American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers.
2005 – A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1933) dies.
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