February:
Today in History, Holidays, and Fun Facts
| Black History Month | |
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| 1 | 1790 - First Session of the U.S. Supreme Court Held in New York City |
| 2 | 1536 - Founding of Buenos Aires, Argentina,
by Pedro de Mendoza 1848 - Signing of 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 (World War II) 1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Independent |
| 5 | 1917 - Immigration Act 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 Founded by Carter G. Woodson 1971 - Suffrage Granted to Women in Switzerland 1974 - Grenada 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 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 |
| 17 | 1600 - Giordano Bruno 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 Ne 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 1916 - Start of the Battle of Verdun (World War I) 1965 - Assassination of Malcolm X |
| 22 | 1371 - Start of Scotland's
Stuart Dynasty with Ascension of Robert II 1819 - Florida Ceded to the United States by Spain |
| 23 | 1836 - Siege of the Alamo,
in Texas, Begun by General Santa Anna of Mexico 1945 - United States Flag Raised on Iwo Jima by the Marines |
| 24 | 1582 - Gregorian Calendar
Introduced by Pope Gregory XIII 1821 - Mexico 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
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 Formally Established by John Wesley |
| 29 | Leap Year |
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