1808 – Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1892 – Ellis Island becomes the reception center for new immigrants to the United States
1921 – 7th Rose Bowl: California beats Ohio State 28-0
1941 – 7th Orange Bowl: #9 Mississippi State beats #13 Georgetown, 14-7
1946 – Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god
1948 – 1st color newsreel filmed (Pasadena, California)
1957 – Benjamin Britten’s ballet “Prince and the Pauper,” premieres in London
1990 – 19th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Florida State beats #6 Nebraska, 41-17
1992 – The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is renamed the Russian Federation, becoming the successor state to the Soviet Union.
2009 – The government of the Republic of China adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before this time, the most commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin.