On this date

In 1741,

Andrew Bradford of Pennsylvania published the first American magazine. “The American Magazine, or A Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies” lasted three issues.

In 1861,

Abraham Lincoln was officially declared winner of the 1860 presidential election as electors cast their ballots.

In 1914,

the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, also known as ASCAP, was founded in New York.

In 1935,

a jury in Flemington, N.J., found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first-degree murder in the kidnap-slaying of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (Hauptmann was later executed.)

In 1943,

during World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was officially established.

In 1988,

the 15th Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

In 2016,

Justice Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the U.S. Supreme Court, was found dead at a private residence in the Big Bend area of West Texas; he was 79.

Ten years ago:

Hollywood writers returned to work a day after voting to end their 100-day strike that had disrupted the TV season and canceled awards shows.

Five years ago:

Beginning a long farewell to his flock, a weary Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his final public Mass as pontiff, presiding over Ash Wednesday services inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.

One year ago:

President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned following reports he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his contacts with Russia.