Galileo Galilei 1564 - Astronomer, John Sutter 1803, Cyrus McCormick (Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.) 1809 - Inventor
Melissa Manchester 1951 - Singer , Matt Groening 1954 - Cartoonist ("The Simpsons"), Chris Farley 1964
1764 - The city of St. Louis was established.
1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed.
1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.
1933 - U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack.
1942 - During World War II, Singapore surrendered to the Japanese.
1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.
1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard.
1982 - During a storm, the Ocean Ranger, a drilling rig, sank off the coast of Newfoundland. 84 men were killed.
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