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February 1. 1931 Boris Yeltsin , president of Russia 1790 Supreme Court convenes for the 1st time (New York, NY). February 2. 1895 George S Halas , co-founder NFL 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires TX, CA, NM & AZ for $15 million. February 3. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
February 11931 Boris Yeltsin , president of Russia
1790 Supreme Court
convenes for the 1st time
(New York, NY)
February 21895 George S Halas , co-founder
NFL
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires TX, CA, NM & AZ for $15 million
February 31894- Norman Rockwell (American
artist and illustrator ,born in New York City)
1870 - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
February 41902- Charles Lindbergh (Made first
non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927)
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000
February 5
1723 John Witherspoon ,signed Declaration of Independence
1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs
February 6
1756 Aaron Burr, 3rd US Vice-President (1801-05)
1933 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in Jan. not March
February 7
1817 Frederick Douglass, 1st high ranking black in US government
1935 Monopoly invented
by Charles Darrow
February 81940 Ted Koppel, newscaster
(ABC Nightline)
1926 Walt Disney Studios is formed
February 9
1773 William Henry Harrison (Whigs) 9th President
1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state
February 101950 Mark Spitz (swimmer)
1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela, the black activist imprisoned for 27 years, will be released the next day
February 11
1847- Thomas Edison (Inventor of incandescent bulb, phonograph and movie camera)
660 BC -Founding date of the Japanese nation, occurred with the accession to the throne of the first Emperor, Jimmu
February 12
1809 Abraham Lincoln, (R) 16th President (1861-65)
1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
February 131885 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess"
Truman, 1st lady
1566 St Augustine FL founded
February 14Jim Kelly and Drew Bledsoe, quarterbacks for the Buffalo Bills
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state
February 151564- Galileo Galilei (first
astronomer to use a telescope)
1861 Abraham Lincoln declared President
February 16
1812 Henry Wilson (R) 18th Vice-President (1873-75)
0600 Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze
February 17
1963 Michael Jordan (basketballer)
1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
February 18
1950 John Hughes (film director)
1979 Snow fell in the Sahara Desert for the first and only recorded time in history
February 191473- Nicolaus Copernicus
(Astronomer, theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system)
1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
February 20
1967 Kurt Cobain (singer, songwriter)
1792 US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance
1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
February 21
1728 Peter III, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherine
885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC)
February 221632 Thomas Osborne English PM
(1690-94)/founder of the Tories
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
February 23
1868 William E B Du Bois , civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)
1945 US Marines raiseFlag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue
February 241955 Steven Jobs (Computer engineer,
entrepreneur)
1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found
1980 The U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY.
February 251971 Sean Astin ( actor- Rudy, Lord of
the Rings)
1793 George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States
February 261802 Victor Hugo, author (Hunchback of
Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle
(a top a Boeing 747)
February 270280 Constantine the Great Roman
emperor (306-37)
1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti
February 28
1802 Victor Hugo, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
1930 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)