George Ferris 1859, Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894 - Comedian, Jimmy Hoffa 1913
Woody (Wayne) Hayes 1913, Michael Bloomberg 1942 - New York City Mayor, Carl Bernstein 1944 - Journalist
1803 - Moses Coates received a patent for the apple parer.
1849 - The first photograph of a U.S. President, while in office, was taken by Matthew Brady in New York City. President James Polk was the subject of the picture.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell filed an application for a patent for the telephone. It was officially issued on March 7, 1876.
1900 - Russia imposed tighter imperial control over Finland in response to an international petition for Finland's freedom.
1912 - The first diesel engine submarine was commissioned in Groton, CT.
1929 - The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.
1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.
1979 - Adolph Dubs, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped in Kabul by Muslim extremists. He was killed in a shootout between his abductors and police.
1989 - Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie because of his novel "The Satanic Verses."
1989 - The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.
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