1558 – Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spaniard Francisco Fernandes
1841 – 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
1917 – US President Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term
1957 – Eamon de Valera’s Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland
1960 – The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
1991 – Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1637 – John van der Heyden, Dutch painter/inventor (fire extinguisher)
1911 – Joseph Tomelty, actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick, Melba)
1932 – Walter Charles Marshall, scientist
1935 – Malcolm J Anderson, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1943 – Billy Backus, American boxer
1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1895 – Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
1963 – Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1974 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1992 – Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at 82
2016 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), dies at 86