1861 – Tennessee votes against secession (US Civil War)
1885 – 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii
1886 – US President Grover Cleveland declares a state of emergency in Seattle because of anti-Chinese violence
1895 – Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
1909 – 1st forestry school is incorporated at Kent, Ohio
1922 – Italian government of Bonomi falls
1943 – National League of Baseball seeks a buyer for the Philadelphia Phillies as owner Gerry Nugent falls in arrears
1963 – 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7″)
1968 – A rare 3-way tie for silver in the women’s 500m speed skating at the Grenoble Winter Olympics; Soviet Lyudmila Titova wins from American trio of Jenny Fish, Mary Meyers and Dianne Holum
1974 – “The Americans (A Canadian’s Opinion)” by Gordon Sinclair peaks at #24