| 2015 | The New England Patriots win their fourth Super Bowl title, beating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24; Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is named MVP and is now one of only three quarterbacks to have won three Super Bowls |
| 2014 | A long-delayed review of the Keystone XL Pipeline is completed by the U.S. State Department; it concluded the pipeline would not significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions |
| 2014 | United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change |
| 2013 | U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton steps down from her post; she is succeeded by Senator John Kerry |
| 2013 | Former Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, dies in Manhattan of congestive heart failure at age 88 |
| 2012 | American Airlines’ parent company announces it will cut 13,000 jobs or 15% of its workforce |
| 2012 | In the state of Washington, the State Senate passes legislation allowing same sex marriage |
| 2011 | Protesters stage the largest demonstration ever against the Mubarak regime; two million people gather in Tahir Square, vowing to stay until Mubarak leaves his post |
| 2011 | Russia began searching for a missing military satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit |
| 2010 | U.S. President Barack Obama proposes a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 which projects a record-high budget deficit of $1.6 trillion in fiscal 2010 |
| 2009 | The Russian Orthodox Church enthrones Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| 2006 | United Airlines emerges from bankruptcy |
| 2004 | Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, Houston, New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers 32-29 |
| 2004 | At least 250 Muslim pilgrims crushed to death during the annual stoning of Satan ritual in the Mena Valley, Saudi Arabia |
| 2003 | Space Shuttle Columbia destroyed over Texas when returning to Earth, 7 crew members are killed |
