Reality documentary The Apprentice (UK) premiered with businessman Lord Alan Sugar as the leading judge.
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The Battle of Fort Donelson ended, with nearly 14,000 Confederate soldiers surrendering.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
The Austrian Civil War came to an end after four days of bloodshed.
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.
The world's longest traffic jam from Lyon to Paris, France, extended a lengthy 104 miles (167 km).
