1917 – Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion that she is a German spy
1925 – US Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
1929 – Vladimir Mayakofsky’s “Klop” premieres in Moscow
1932 – Finland goes 1-2 in the 50k cross country event at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics; Veli Saarinen wins gold ahead of team mate Väinö Liikkanen
1965 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1969 – Mary Hopkin’s Postcard album on Apple is released
1988 – Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2004 – The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovers the universe’s largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093.
2016 – Ninth Republican presidential candidates debate held in Greenville, South Carolina