February Calendar: Today
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Black History Month
(U.S.A.) |
1 | 1790 - The first session of the U.S. Supreme
Court was held in New York City. |
2 | ![]() 1848 - Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Groundhog Day (U.S.A.) |
3 | 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. |
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
U.S. 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 U.S. state. 1912 - Arizona became a U.S. state. 1920 - Founding of the League of Women Voters. |
15 |
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 |
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 | ![]() 1732 - George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. 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 - The United States flag was 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 -
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. |
28 | 1784 -
The Methodist Church was
formally established
by John Wesley. |
29 | Leap Day
(every four years)
- 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, etc. |
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