1503 – Henry Tudor (later Henry VIII) appointed Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the English throne
1884 – General Charles Gordon arrives in Khartoum
1899 – San Francisco named as a port of dispatch for Army transports
1924 – US Men’s Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1928 – Norway goes 1-2 in the ski jumping at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics with Alf Andersen taking gold ahead of Sigmund Ruud
1928 – USA 2 beats USA 1 by 0.5s for the 5-man bobsleigh gold medal at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Germany 2 takes bronze
1930 – US astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
2007 – 56th NBA All-Star Game, Thomas and Mack Center, Paradise, NV: West beats East, 153-132; MVP: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, F
2013 – 15 people are killed by flooding and landslides in Indonesia
2023 – Global financial system is “dysfunctional and unfair” and is “failing developing countries” according to UN Secretary General António Guterres at opening of African Union leaders’ summit in Ethiopia