1581 James Ussher (born), Irish archbishop (died 1656)
1809 Louis Braille (born), French educator, invented Braille (died 1852)
1838 General Tom Thumb (born), American circus performer (died 1883)
1839 Carl Humann (born), German archaeologist (died 1896)
1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York, New York.
1877 Cornelius Vanderbilt (died), American businessman and philanthropist (born 1794)
1882 John William Draper (died), English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (born 1811)
1894 Manuel de Abreu (born), Brazilian physician (died 1962)
1895 Leroy Grumman (born), American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (died 1982)
1896 Everett Dirksen (born), American politician (died 1969)
1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1960 Albert Camus (died), Algerian-French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913)
1961 Erwin Schrödinger (died), Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
1965 United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
1965 T. S. Eliot (died), American-English poet, playwright, and critic Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
1967 Donald Campbell (died), English racer (born 1921)
1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
1995 Sol Tax (died), American anthropologist (born 1907)
1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
2006 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
2010 Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, is officially opened.
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