Calling ORD:
History on this day:
1819 By the Adams-Ons Treaty, Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
1847 Mexican-American War: The Battle of Buena Vista ? 5,000 American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans.
1855 The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania)
1862 Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia. He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.
1889 President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
1924 U.S. President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
1959 Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
1980 Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3.
