1793 - Washington's 2nd inauguration as US President‚ shortest speech (133 words) 1881 - California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation 1894 - Great fire in Shanghai; over 1‚000 buildings destroyed 1901 - Term of George H. White‚ last of post-Reconstruction US congressmen‚ ends 1910 - Avalanche at Bear Creek in Rogers Pass‚ British Columbia‚ kills 58 railway line workers - Canada's worst avalanche disaster 1925 - US President Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations 1931 - West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time‚ by 30 runs at SCG 1933 - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss dissolves Austrian parliament 1947 - WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit‚ MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1995 - Michael Johnson runs world record 400m indoor (44.63 sec) More Historical Events »