Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the fourth U.S. state
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Alice Sanger became the first female staffer for the White House–
Elara, a Moon of Jupiter, discovered–
Willis H. Carrier patented an air conditioner–
Japanese invaded and occupied Manila and the Philipines after a successful attack on Pearl Harbor–
USSR’s Luna I was launched, becoming the first spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity. Later, it became the first to reach the Moon’s vicinity and the first to orbit the Sun.–
Fidel Castro and his followers captured Santiago, Cuba; Fulgencio Batista went into exile–
The U.S. Federal Trade Commision charged seven record companies and eight distribution firms with paying disc-jockeys to play certain songs (Payola Incident)–
General Lyman L. Lemnitzer became the supreme commander of NATO–
The NY Jets signed quarterback Joe Namath for $427,000. At the time he was the highest paid player in pro football–
Robert Clark was seated as the first African American legislator in Mississippi in 74 years–
Kenneth Brugger and Cathy Aguado discovered first winter refuge of monarch butterflies, in Mexico–
President Ronald Reagan and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the final version of the U.S.-Canadian trade accord. The pact provided for the elimination of tariffs on most goods within 10 years and created a series of binational groups to regulate the agreement–
Explosion in a West Virginia coal mine that led to the death of 12 of 13 miners—Sago Mine disaster–
On this date a numerically rare event occurred: 01-02-2010 expressed backwards as a date is precisely 01-02-2010–
28-lb. 13-oz. tautog caught, Ocean City, Md.
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Weather
Fourteen degrees F on Haleakala summit, Hawaii–
Little Rock, Arkansas, received 13 inches of snow in 24 hours–
A severe snowstorm began in New England. The Blue Hill observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, had 19 inches of snow in 24 hours.–
Hawaii experienced one of its lowest temperatures on record, 14 degrees F, on Haleakala summit–
