2020
Cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3700 passengers quarantined in Yokohama port, Japan after cases of COVID-19 found on board.
1993
Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles, California.
1972
The first Winter Olympics in Asia were held at Sapporo, Japan.
1967
“Purple Haze” recorded by Jimi Hendrix.
1947
Thermometers in Snag register -64C (-83F), the lowest temperature recorded in Canada; likely the lowest temperature on record in North America.
1916
In Ottawa, fire destroys the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, killing seven.
1869
Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was “Romeo and Juliet”.
1815
The world’s first commercial cheese factory was established in Switzerland.