Historical Events
- Intel entrepreneur and co-founder of the X-PRIZE Foundation, Peter Diamandis, claims that 50% of US jobs are under threat of being mechanized within 10 years
- Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov win the Olympic gold in pairs figure skating
Famous Deaths
- Diarmuid Downs, British automotive engineer, dies at 91
- Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar, American comic actor and writer ("Your Show of Shows"), dies at 91