Historical Events
1926 - Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
1944 - Supreme Soviet enlarges Soviet republics' autonomy
1959 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament
1985 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin
1998 - 86th Women's Australian Open: Martina Hingis beats Conchita Martinez (6-3, 6-3)
2015 - Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. MVP: Tom Brady who becomes only the 3rd quarterback to win 4 Superbowls.
Famous Birthdays
1801 - Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
1935 - Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
1964 - Linus Roache, English actor
1969 - Joshua Redman, American musician
1972 - Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
Famous Deaths
1248 - Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
1839 - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
1958 - Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
1959 - Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
1967 - Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
1991 - H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
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