1646 – Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church.
1759 – Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages.
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church.
1810 – 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized. Philadelphia.
1827 – 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered.
1849 – 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrive in San Francisco from east coast.
1854 – Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisconsin.
1882 – 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U.
1903 – Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000.
1925 – “Tea for Two” by Marion Harris #1.
1935 – Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer.
1940 – US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)).
1943 – “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan.
1951 – Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates.
1959 – “Goldilocks” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances.
1969 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA.
1971 – 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National Florida. Nicklaus wins his second golf grand slam.
1976 – 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins.
1982 – AT&T looses record $7 billion for fiscal year ending on this day.
1994 – Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect.
2012 – 54th Daytona 500: Matt Kenseth wins (140.256 MPH)