Historical Events
1845
Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
1863
The Bear River Massacre: US Army kills 250–500 Shoshone people in Idaho.
1886
Karl Benz patents the world's first true automobile.
1959
The last episode of the American television western Gunsmoke airs on radio.
2002
President Bush uses the term "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union address.
Famous Birthdays
1737
Thomas Paine
English-American political activist and philosopher who wrote Common Sense.
1843
William McKinley
25th President of the United States, assassinated in 1901.
1945
Tom Selleck
American actor known for Magnum, P.I.
1954
Oprah Winfrey
American media mogul and philanthropist known as the "Queen of All Media."
1960
Greg Louganis
American diver considered the greatest diver of all time, winning four Olympic gold medals.
