Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - Actress ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?")
- 1801 - The city of Washington, DC, was placed under congressional jurisdiction.
- 1827 - New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras celebration.
- 1933 - The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, was set afire. The Nazis accused Communist for the fire.
- 1951 - The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, limiting U.S. Presidents to two terms.
- 1974 - "People" magazine was first issued by Time-Life (later known as Time-Warner).
- 1981 - Chrysler Corporation was granted an additional $400 million in federal loan guarantees. Chrysler had posted a loss of $1.7 billion in 1980.
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