1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
1887 First Groundhog Day observed at Gobbler's Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
1901 Queen Victoria's funeral takes place in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England.
1943 German 6th Army surrenders after Battle of Stalingrad in a major turning point in Europe during World War II
1954 President Eisenhower announces the detonation of the world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952)
1974 The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.
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