2020
China locks down city of Wuhan and its 11 million people, in effort to control the coronavirus with death toll at 17, over 500 people ill.
2006
Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country’s first indigenous president.
1991
Gulf War : Kuwaiti oil facilities are destroyed by Iraqi forces.
1984
Apple introduced the Macintosh during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.
1983
Bjorn Borg retired from tennis. He had set a record by winning 5 consecutive Wimbledon championships.
1973
Joe Frazier lost the first fight of his professional career to George Foreman.
1901
Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for nearly 64 years. Edward VII, her son, succeeded her.
1857
The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1506
The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican.
