Jefferson Davis inaugurated as provisional president of Confederate states–
First session of Confederate Congress, Richmond, Virginia–
Auguste Bartholdi granted design patent for Statue of Liberty–
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published in the U.S.–
First coiled postage stamps issued–
Planet Pluto discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona–
Elm Farm Ollie, a Guernsey, became the first cow to fly in an airplane. On the same trip she also became the first cow milked in flight–
First unmanned test flight of space shuttle Enterprise mounted on another aircraft–
Hiroyuki Goto recited pi to 42,195 digits–
Trinity Broadcasting Network, a Christian TV network, cancelled Pat Boone’s weekly gospel music show after he appeared in black leather and fake tattoos on the American Music Awards show–
Evan Lysacek won the Olympic gold medal in men’s figure skating. He became the first U.S. man to win the gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988–
Firenado captured on video, Platte County, Missouri–
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San Francisco, California, recorded a temperature of 80 degrees F–
New England experienced extremely high temperatures, with Boston, Massachusetts at 66, Providence, Rhode Island at 72, and Concord, New Hampshire, at 63 degrees F–
