Oliver Wendell Holmes 1841
- 1618 - Johann Kepler discovered the third Law of Planetary Motion.
- 1880 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that the United States would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama.
- 1917 - Russia's "February Revolution" began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. The revolution was called the "February Revolution" due to Russia's use of the Old Style calendar.
- 1917 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
- 1965 - The U.S. landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. They were the first U.S. combat troops to land in Vietnam.
- 1989 - In Lhasa, Tibet, martial law was declared after three days of protest against Chinese rule.
- 1999 - The White House, under President Bill Clinton, directed the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The firing was a result of alleged security violations.
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