Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams(U.S. First Lady)β
Charles Darwin(naturalist)β
Abraham Lincoln(16th U.S. president)β
Lorne Greene(actor)β
Judy Blume(writer)β
Michael McDonald(musician)β
Josh Brolin(actor)β
Tara Strong(voice of Bubbles on The Powerpuff Girls)β
Jesse Spencer(actor)β
Christina Ricci(actress)β
Died
Ethan Allen(patriot)β
The Earl of Dufferin(Canadian Governor General 1872 - 1878)β
Sal Mineo(actor)β
Eubie Blake(jazz musician)β
Charles Schulz(Peanuts cartoonist)β
David Groh(actor)β
David Kelly(actor)β
Sid Caesar(comedian & actor)β
Events
Lady Jane Grey, a rival for the English throne, was beheaded under the rule of Queen Mary Iβ
James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Georgiaβ
Gala carnival at first U.S. skating rink, Madison Square Garden, New York Cityβ
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formedβ
Construction began on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.β
The Scream painting stolen, Oslo, Norwayβ
17th Olympic Winter Games opened in Lillehammer, Norwayβ
Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude opened The Gates, Project For Central Park 1979-2005 in NYCβs Central Parkβ
For the first time, a beagle won βBest in Showβ at the Westminster Kennel Clubβ
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook southern Mexicoβ
Figure skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman (and third woman overall) to land a triple axel at the Winter Olympic Games (which took place at PyeongChang, South Korea, that year).β
The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVIIβ
Weather
Forty-seven degrees below zero F, Camp Clarke, Nebraskaβ
Fort Myers, Florida, had a trace of snowβ
A Northeaster left 27 inches of snow in Central Park, New Yorkβ