1922 – First living person is depicted on a U.S. coin when Governor Thomas Kilby appears on the Alabama Centennial half dollar
1945 – Admiral Chester Nimitz begins planning assaults on Okinawa and Iwo Jima in Japan
1947 – First opening session of Congress is televised; it does not happen again until 1977
1961 – US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1991 – 8 Iraqi embassy officials are expelled from the UK
1994 – 35-foot-tall Chief Wahoo, trademark of Indians on top of Stadium since 1962, is taken down, to be moved to Jacob’s Field
1998 – American “Hee Haw” banjo player Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke
2002 – College Football, 4th BCS National Championship, Rose Bowl, Pasadena: #1 Miami beats #2 Nebraska, 37-14, at 88th Rose Bowl