Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
The US Military shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon.
Doctors in New York successfully performed the world's first face and double hand transplant.
Post Malone released his debut single, 'White Iverson,' to Soundcloud.
Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook.
The very first Sims game was released for PC in North America.
Bill Gates had a pie thrown in his face while visiting EU officials in Brussels, Belgium.
The former United States Senator Strom Thurmond sent a secret memo to President Richard Nixon's aide, saying John Lennon should be deported.
The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) proclaims independence within the British Commonwealth.
Adolf Hitler appointed himself as the head of the Armed Forces High Command.
Dr. John J. Livingood reported the first synthetic production of a natural form of radium.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.
The Confederate States of America are established.
The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
The first Mormon Pioneers left their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, and began the long trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
George Washington is elected as first President of the United States.
