| February |
| Today in History, Holidays, Fun Facts, and Teaching Materials |
| Black History Month | |
| 1 | 1790 - The first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City. |
| 2 | 1536 - Pedro de Mendoza
founded Buenos Aires,
Argentina. 1848 - Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. |
| 3 | 1870 - Passing of the 15th Amendment, granting suffrage to African Americans. |
| 4 | 1787 - End of
Shays's Rebellion. 1945 - Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin (during World War II). 1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) became independent. |
| 5 | 1917 - Immigration Act was passed by Congress. |
| 6 | 1788 -
Massachusetts
officially became a
state. 1933 - 20th Amendment, regarding the date of presidential inaugurations, went into effect. |
| 7 | 1795 - Ratification of the 11th Amendment. 1926 - Negro History Week was founded by Carter G. Woodson. 1971 - Suffrage was granted to women in Switzerland. 1974 - Grenada became independent. |
| 8 | 1587 - Beheading of Mary Queen of Scots. 1870 - Establishment of the National Weather Service (NWS). 1904 - Start of the Russo-Japanese War. |
| 9 | 1964 - The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time. |
| 10 | 1763 - French and Indian War (also
known as
the Seven Years' War) ended with the signing of the Treaty of
Paris. 1967 - Ratification of the 25th Amendment. |
| 11 | 1805 - Birth of Sacajawea's
son, Jean Baptiste. 1858 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Saint Bernadette of Lourdes) saw her first vision of the Virgin Mary. |
| 12 | 1554 - Execution of England's Lady Jane Grey. 1818 - Chile became independent. 1909 - Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). |
| 13 | 1960 - France detonated an atomic bomb. |
| 14 | 1859 -
Oregon became a state. 1912 - Arizona became a state. 1920 - Founding of the League of Women Voters. Valentine's Day |
| 15 | 1764 - Founding of St. Louis,
Missouri. 1898 - Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine off the coast of Cuba. |
| 16 | 1923 - Opening of Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings by archaeologist Howard Carter. |
| 17 | 1600 - Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition. |
| 18 | 1885 - Publication of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. |
| 19 | 1674 - Peace of Westminster
signed and New Amsterdam became New York. 1878 - Patent granted to Thomas Alva Edison for the gramophone (phonograph). |
| 20 | 1792 - Post Office
Department signed into law by U.S. President
George Washington. 1962 - John Glenn orbited the earth. |
| 21 | 1613 - Election of Mikhail
(Michael) Romanov as tsar of Russia. The
Romanov dynasty ruled Russia until the Russian Revolution of 1917. 1916 - Start of the Battle of Verdun (World War I). 1965 - Assassination of African-American civil rights activist Malcolm X. |
| 22 | 1371 - Start of Scotland's
Stuart dynasty with the ascension of Robert II. 1819 - Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain. |
| 23 | 1836 - Siege of the Alamo,
in Texas, was begun by General Santa Anna of Mexico. 1945 - United States flag raised on Iwo Jima by the Marines. |
| 24 | 1582 - The Gregorian calendar
was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. 1821 - Mexico became independent. 1920 - Nazi Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany. |
| 25 | 1570 - Excommunication of
England's
Elizabeth I. 1901 - U.S. Steel Corporation formed by J. Pierpont Morgan. |
| 26 | 1815 - French Emperor
Napoleon Bonaparte
escaped from Elba and began his 100 Days. 1919 - Establishment of Grand Canyon National Park. 1993 - World Trade Center bombing. |
| 27 | 1844 -
Dominican Republic
became independent. 1933 - Reichstag fire in Berlin, Germany. 1951 - Ratification of the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1973 - Wounded Knee occupation by the American Indian Movement. |
| 28 | 1784 - Methodist Church was formally established by John Wesley. |
| 29 | Leap Year - 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, etc. |
