1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1874 – Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1899 – Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
1961 – Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service.
1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago, Illinois).
2005 – The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004-2005 regular season and playoffs.
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