1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., where they'd been refused service.
1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premiered on NBC.
1995 - John Stockton (Utah Jazz) became the NBA's career assist leader when he scored his 9,922nd assist to move past Magic Johnson.
1999 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky gave a deposition that was videotaped for senators weighing impeachment charges against President Bill Clinton.
2003 the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven crew members.
2004 Singer Janet Jackson's breast was briefly exposed during a duet with Justin Timberlake during the Super Bowl halftime show. Timberlake later referred to the incident as a "wardrobe malfunction."
2006 French and German newspapers republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in what they called a defense of freedom of expression, sparking fresh anger from Muslims.
2008 Remote-controlled explosives strapped to two women killed nearly 100 people in Baghdad.
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