2016
Zayn Malik’s “Pillowtalk” single was released.
It was his first single from his debut album, “Mind of Mine.” The song was also the first single from Zayn as a solo artist, after leaving One Direction back in March 2015.
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2015
Missing Malaysian flight MH370 was announced to have been an accident with no survivors.
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2014
Cristiano Ronaldo became the first non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid.
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2002
President George W. Bush gave his State of Union Address.
He announced that North Korea, Iran, and Iraq were threats to America’s way of life.
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1985
Margaret Thatcher became the first post-war prime minister who was refused a degree.
Oxford University refused the honorary degree.
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1964
A two-stage version of the Saturn I rocket was launched for the first time.
The test flight, known as Saturn-Apollo 5, was the first orbital mission of the Apollo space program due to improvements to the rocket’s first stage and the addition of the second stage. The first stage’s improvements included enlarged fuel tanks, which allowed it to carry the planned 750,000 lb (340,000 kg) of rocket fuel, and extra fins to increase stability. This test launch showed the world that the US was capable of creating rockets as large as the Soviet Union’s.
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1959
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” was released in theaters.
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1907
Charles Curtis started his six-year term as the first Native American US Senator.
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1892
The Coca-Cola Company was incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
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1861
Kansas entered the Union, making it the 34th state to join the United States of America.
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1845
The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven.”
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1781
Wolfgang Mozart’s opera “Idomeneo” premiered at the Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich, Germany.
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1595
One of William Shakespeare’s most acclaimed plays, “Romeo & Juliet” was performed for the first time.
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