
| Benny Kubelski, aka Jack Benny. Oh, Rochester! | |
| Pham Tuan, first Vietnamese space traveler (on board Soyuz 37) | |
| St. Valentine's Day | |
| Oregon admitted as 33rd State | |
| Alexander Graham Bell files for a patent on the telephone. | |
| Arizona becomes 48th state | |
| Element 103, lawrencium, first produced in Berkeley California | |
| Solar Maximum Mission Observatory launched to study solar flares. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0