In 1820, U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer discovered the frozen continent of Antarctica.
In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones in order to eliminate a plethora of local time zones across the continent.
In 1886, the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, died in New York at the age of 56.
In 1928, the first sound-synchronized animated caroon, Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," premiered at the Colony Theater in New York, The short subject featured the debut of two of Disney's most famous characters - Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.