Today is Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada.
- 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
- 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (pictured) is signed. Its ratification by the Senate a month later would end the Mexican–American War.
- 1848 – The first ship with Chinese immigrants, lured to the United States by the California Gold Rush, arrives in San Francisco.
- 1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, is born.
- 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
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Events
- 1790 – The Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
- 1812 – Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California.
- 1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
- 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.
- 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.
- 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut.
- 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
- 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
- 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
- 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
- 1940 – Frank Sinatra debuts with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra.
- 1967 – The American Basketball Association is formed.
- 1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
- 1976 – The Groundhog Day gale hits the north-eastern United States and south-eastern Canada.
- 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI was targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
- 2007 – Three tornadoes hit Central Florida, killing 42 people.