1865: United States Civil War’s Battle of Hatcher’s Run begins
1870: First projected motion picture shown to a theater audience, Henry R. Heyl’s Phasmatrope, in the United States airs in Philadelphia
1900: The first draft of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty is sent to the United States senate to build the Panama Canal
1924: The first Winter Olympics end in Chamonix, France
1948: Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US female Olympic ski slalom champion
1953: Peter Pan, animated film directed by Walt Disney, opens at Roxy Theater in New York City
1972: Bob Douglas is the first African American inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame
1976: Snow falls in San Francisco
1989: Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes the first NBA player to score 38,000 points
1990: Barack Obama becomes the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review
1994: Where on Earth Is Carmen San Diego?, debuts on Fox TV
2012: Super Bowl XLVI, the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17
2020: US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress
2025: United States president Donald Trump signs an executive order banning transgender women from competing in women’s sports