Jackie Robinson(first African American baseball player in major leagues)–
Carol Channing(actress)–
Mario Lanza(singer & actor)–
Norman Mailer(author)–
Jean Simmons(actress)–
Ernie Banks(baseball player)–
Phillip Glass(musician)–
Nolan Ryan(baseball player)–
Anthony LaPaglia(actor)–
Portia de Rossi(actress)–
Justin Timberlake(singer)–
Tyler Seguin(ice hockey player)–
Died
Timothy Eaton(retailer)–
A. A. Milne(author)–
Sam Goldwyn(movie mogul)–
Francis Gabreski(retired colonel who recorded 37.5 kills and was known as “America’s Greatest Living Ace”
)–
Horace Hagedorn(founder of Miracle-Gro plant food)–
Eunice Sanborn(American supercentenarian)–
Events
Anton Chekov’s play, Three Sisters, premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre –
A Napier was the first car to go over 100 mph –
The German government informed the U.S. that unrestricted submarine warfare would begin on February 1, 1917 –
The Green Hornet made its radio debut –
Yugoslavia adopted its constitution and officially became a people’s republic –
The U.S. released 33 former Nazis incarcerated for war crimes, including Alfred Krupp –
Explorer I, first U.S. satellite, launched –
Explorer 1, first successful U.S. satellite, was launched
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Ham, a male chimpanzee, was recovered alive in the Caribbean after being carried to a height of 155 miles in a U.S. space capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida –
National Traffic Safety Agency issued the first set of U.S. federal safety standards for vehicle safety –
North Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive, attacking South Vietnamese towns –
Limited telephone service re-established between East and West Berlin for the first time in 19 years –
Apollo 14 manned spacecraft launched –
Paul and Linda McCartney appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone. This made Linda McCartney the first person to have both taken a photo, and to have been photographed, for the front cover of the magazine. –
The first McDonald’s opened in Moscow, Russia –
Samuel Alito was sworn in as the 110th U.S. Supreme Court justice –
Weather
Snowy month left 54 inches of snow on the ground at low levels, Northfield, Vermont –
Big snow in Oregon set a record: Portland 16 inches; Salem 25 inches –
A record low of 0 degrees F hit San Antonio, Texas –
