2011 The Superbowl XLV attracts a record high television audience; the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31 - 25
2010 The Taliban blow up a girls' school in Huwaid, Pakistan, no one is killed
2005 Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles
1998 Twins trade Chuck Knoblauch to New York Yankees for $3M and 4 minor leaguers
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14 year old father of her baby, sentenced to 7 years
1998 President Bill Clinton says he would never resign, 'I would never walk away from the of this country and the trust they've placed in me', during a press conference
1997 O. J. Simpson found liable in murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson
1997 Diane Blood, 32, in England, won right to use her dead husbands sperm
1996 Heidi Fleiss scheduled to begin her 7 year jail sentence
1995 Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter
1995 Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days
1995 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1994 "Government Inspector" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances
1994 Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Healthsouth Palm Beach Golf Classic
1994 Jose Maria Figueres elected president of Costa Rica
1994 Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77m
1994 Martti Ahtisaari elected president of Finland
1994 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-3
1993 44th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 16-6 at Montreal
1993 Riddick Bowe TKOs Michael Dokes in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1992 "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC
1991 Mousey Davis becomes 1st coach of NY-New Jersey Knights
1990 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50
1990 Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1990 Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards!
1989 Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government
1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1987 No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
1987 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1986 New Jersey Devil Peter McNab becomes 42nd NHLer to score 350 goals
1984 Moslem militiamen take over West Beirut from Lebanese army
1983 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1982 "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
1981 "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV
1981 Beatles McCartney, Starr and Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon
1981 Suleiman Nyambui runs world record 5k indoor (13:20.4)
1979 Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
1978 Muriel Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1978, wife of late Hubert Humphrey takes his office
1978 Snowstorm hits New England, parts of RI (54" (137cm))
1977 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0
1977 Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris
1977 Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ
1976 George Harrison releases "This Guitar (Can't Keep From Crying)"
1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
1974 U.S. House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
1973 "Shelter" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 31 performances
1973 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution
1973 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah
1973 Bernice Fekete skips her curling rink to 2nd straight 8-ender, Edm
1970 Graeme Pollock completes 274 vs. Australia at Durban
1970 NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston and Portland
1969 "Dear World" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 132 performances
1969 Jerry Herman's "Dear World," premieres in New York City
1968 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France
1968 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam
1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one
1968 KESD TV channel 8 in Brookings, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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