Today:
1. 1653: New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated.
2. 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War and ceding Texas, California, and other territories to the United States.
3. 1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day celebration took place.
4. 1922: James Joyce’s novel “Ulysses” was published in Paris.
5. 1980: The United States boycotted the Moscow Olympics in protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
6. 2020: The United Kingdom officially left the European Union, completing Brexit.