Elizabeth Blackwell(first woman to earn an MD degree in the U.S.)–
Sidney Lanier(poet)–
Gertrude Stein(author)–
Norman Rockwell(artist)–
James Michener(novelist)–
Joey Bishop(comedian)–
Shelley Berman(actor)–
Blythe Danner(actress)–
Morgan Fairchild(actress)–
Nathan Lane(actor)–
Maura Tierney(actress)–
Warwick Davis(actor)–
Isla Fisher(actress)–
Ryne Sanborn(actor)–
Died
Woodrow Wilson(28th U.S. president)–
Nancy Kulp(actress)–
Audrey Meadows(actress)–
James Blackwood(member of the giant gospel group, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet)–
Al Lewis(actor, most well-known as Grandpa Munster on The Munsters)–
Frances Reid(actress)–
Events
U.S. copyright law began protecting music –
Calcutta Railway opened –
Teddy Roosevelt visited his sweetheart, Alice Lee, Chestnut Hill, MA –
Fire destroyed Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario –
The Four Chaplains, having given their life jackets to others, drowned when the torpedoed SS Dorchester sank during WWII –
XI Winter Olympics open in Sapporo, Japan –
President Clinton lifted the Trade Embargo on Vietnam –
Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman in the United States to pilot a space shuttle (Discovery) –
The New England Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI –
A healthy Laysan albatross chick hatched at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean. Its mother was a 62-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom—the oldest known living wild bird at the time. –
Sumatran tiger triplets born at the London Zoo. Melati was the proud 5-year-old tiger mom. –
Weather
A storm in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, brought 20 inches of snow –
North America’s coldest temperature was recorded in Snag, Yukon Territory. The temperature dropped to -81.4°F.
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A rare February EF1 tornado hit Gray, Roberts, and Hemphill counties in Texas –
