1862

The Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson in Tennessee ended with the surrender of some 12,000 Confederate soldiers; Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s victory earned him the moniker “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

1923

The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen’s recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt by English archaeologist Howard Carter.

1959

Fidel Castro was sworn in as premier of Cuba, six weeks after dictator Fulgencio Batista announced his resignation and fled the country into exile.

1960

The nuclear submarine USS Triton departed New London, Connecticut, on the first submerged circumnavigation by a vessel.

1996

Eleven people were killed in a fiery collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a Maryland commuter train in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Birthdays

Businessman Carl Icahn is 89. Author Eckhart Tolle is 77. Actor William Katt is 74. Model-TV personality Janice Dickinson is 70. Actor LeVar Burton is 68. Actor-rapper Ice-T is 67. Tennis Hall of Famer John McEnroe is 66. Football Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis is 53. Olympic track and field gold medalist Cathy Freeman is 52. Actor Mahershala Ali is 51. Actor Elizabeth Olsen is 36. Singer-actor The Weeknd is 35.