George Hancock, who invented softball, played the first match in Chicago.
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From this day until February 10, 1435, London's Thames river completely froze.
STS 44 Atlantis 10 was launched into space.
Abel Tasman became the first European to discover Tasmania and named it Van Diemen's Land.
A four-day ceasefire in Gaza between HAMAS and Israeli forces began.
Photographer Alfred Stieglitz opened The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in Manhattan, New York.