Knute Rockne 1888
- 1766 - The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, which had caused bitter and violent opposition in the U.S. colonies.
- 1794 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. The Amendment limited the jurisdiction of the federal courts to automatically hear cases brought against a state by the citizens of another state. Later interpretations expanded this to include citizens of the state being sued, as well.
- 1826 - The first railroad in the U.S. was chartered. It was the Granite Railway in Quincy, MA.
- 1877 - Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
- 1908 - The New York board of education banned the act of whipping students in school.
- 1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
- 1954 - In Boston, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital reported the first successful kidney transplant.
- 1997 - U.S. President Clinton barred federal spending on human cloning.
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