TODAY’S HISTORY

1789: George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the United States by the Electoral College. 1938: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” the first feature-length Walt Disney animated film, was released in the United States.

1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, an American revolutionary group, kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. 2004: Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook.com, the site that would eventually become Facebook.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Fernand Leger (1881-1955), artist; Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974), aviator; Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), theologian/holocaust victim; Rosa Parks (1913-2005), activist; Betty Friedan (1921-2006), writer/ activist; George Romero (1940-2017), filmmaker; Lawrence Taylor (1959-), football player; Clint Black (1962-), singersongwriter; Rob Corddry (1971-), actor/comedian; Oscar de la Hoya (1973-), boxer; Gavin Degraw (1977-), singersongwriter.

TODAY’S FACT: Snow White has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1987, skipper Dennis Conner sailed to victory in the America’s Cup yacht race, redeeming his loss in 1983, which was the first time an American had failed to win the 132-year-old event.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” — Rosa Parks

TODAY’S NUMBER: 2.7 billion — monthly active users of Facebook, as reported by the company in November 2020.

TODAY’S MOON: Last quarter moon (Feb. 4).