Laurence Welk and his accordion bid you adieu, meet the Beatles, and hockey is on television!

1989

The first independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms. Solidarity, or something.

1987

Michael Jordan scores a team record 58 points in one game. Which is cool, but not nearly as cool as Space Jam.

1987

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in a 5-4 decision

1982

The final episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” airs. Wunnerful, Wunnerful.

1963

The Beatles release their first US single, “Please Please Me.”

1941

February strike against persecution of Jews occurs in Amsterdam. Go Amsterdam, and all, but it’s really almost the end of February. That’s like a week of striking.

1940

See, someone watches hockey. The first ever televised hockey game is broadcast.

1925

Glacier Bay National Monument is established in Alaska

1919

How crunchy granola-y. Oregon is the first state to tax gasoline.

Make A Wish:

1966

Actress Tea Leoni

1963

Ubiquitous TV person Nancy O’Dell

1961

Actor/office creator/ british person Ricky Gervais

1943

Television host/teen girl bootcamp advocate Sally Jessy Raphael