A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
6 February 1840
Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
3 February 1998
Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of a cable-car…
30 January 1835
In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, Richard Lawrence attempts to shoot president Andrew Jackson, but fails and is subdued…