February Calendar: Today in History |
Black History Month (U.S.A.) |
1 | 1790 - The first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City.
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1536 - Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1848 - Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Groundhog Day (U.S.A.) |
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1790 - Benjamin Franklin advocated for an end to slavery with his Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. 1870 - Passing of the 15th Amendment, granting suffrage to African Americans. |
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1787 - End of Shays's Rebellion. 1945 - Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin (during World War II). 1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) became independent. |
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1917 - Immigration Act was passed by Congress.
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1788 - Massachusetts officially became a U.S. state. 1933 - 20th Amendment, regarding the date of presidential inaugurations, went into effect. |
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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. |
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1587 - Beheading of Mary Queen of Scots. 1870 - Establishment of the National Weather Service (NWS). 1904 - Start of the Russo-Japanese War. |
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1964 - The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
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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. |
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1805 - Birth of Sacajawea's son, Jean Baptiste. 1858 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Saint Bernadette of Lourdes) saw her first vision of the Virgin Mary. |
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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). |
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1960 - France
detonated an atomic bomb.
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Valentine's Day 1859 - Oregon became a U.S. state. 1912 - Arizona became a U.S. state. 1920 - Founding of the League of Women Voters. |
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1923 - Opening of Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings by archaeologist Howard Carter. |
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1600 - Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.
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1674 - Peace of Westminster signed and New Amsterdam became New York. 1878 - Patent granted to Thomas Alva Edison for the gramophone (phonograph). |
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1792 - Post Office Department signed into law by U.S. President George Washington. 1962 - John Glenn orbited the earth. |
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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. |
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1371 - Start of Scotland's Stuart dynasty with the ascension of Robert II. 1732 - George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. 1819 - Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain. |
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1836 - Siege of the Alamo, in Texas, was begun by General Santa Anna of Mexico. 1945 - The United States flag was raised on Iwo Jima by the Marines. |
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1582 - The Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. 1821 - Mexico became independent. 1868 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson. 1920 - Nazi Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany. |
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1570 - Excommunication of England's Elizabeth I. 1901 - U.S. Steel Corporation formed by J. Pierpont Morgan. |
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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. |
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1844 - The 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. |
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1784 - The Methodist Church was formally established by John Wesley.
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Leap Day (every four years) - 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, etc.
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