Month: February 2025

FEBRUARY 9 — ELECTIONS: 1824 John Quincy Adams becomes president; 2005Pres. Bush asks for $950M to help victims of Indian Ocean Tsunami; 1971 65 dead and thousands injured in San Fernando earthquake FEBRUARY 9 1825 –John Quincy Adams becomes president.

FEBRUARY 8 — ELECTIONS: Madison destroys Pinckney in 1808; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiment in making fountain pen, 1898 John Sherman (envelope and gumming macine), 1802 Simon Willard patents banjo clock; 1986 Spud Webb wins Slam Dunk Contest in

FEBRUARY 7 — 1984 McCandless becomes1st human to float untethered in space; 1936 Felix the Cat created; 2002 George W. Bush calls for Faith-Based Initiative; 1881 Plea Bargaining begins in American courts; 1988 Happy Birthday Detroit Lion QB Matt Stafford

FEBRUARY 6 — Happy birthday Mom!; 1911 Ronald Reagan’s birthday FEBRUARY 6 Happy birthday mommy! 1911 – Happy birthday Ronald Rawhide The gipper Reagan, #40! …Born to Nelle and Jack Reagan in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911, Ronald was

FEBRUARY 5 — 1994 Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers; 1865 Battle of Hatcher’s Run; 2016 Sailor breaks world record for longest walk on a globe FEBRUARY 5 1994 Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers …Evers was a civil rights

FEBRUARY 4 — 1974 Pattie Hearst kidnapped by SLA; 2011 Chicago Art Professor Wafaa Balil is forced to remove camera from inside his head; 2007 Super Bowl 41 FEBRUARY 4 1789 – Washington is unanimously elected first US president. …He

FEBRUARY 2 — 1887 1st Groundhog Day; 1781 Nathaniel Greene finds reinforcements in N. Carolina; 1892 William Painter patents bottle cap FEBRUARY 2 1887 – First Groundhog Day. …In a small town called Punxsutawney about 90 miles southeast of Pittsburgh,

FEBRUARY 2 — 1887 1st Groundhog Day/Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl; 1781 Nathaniel Greene finds reinforcements in N. Carolina; 1892 William Painter patents bottle cap FEBRUARY 2 1887 – First Groundhog Day. In a small town called Punxsutawney about 90

FEBRUARY 1 — Space vessel Columbia explodes; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1893 Edison opens 1st movie production studio, 1788 1st patent for a steamboat goes to Brigs & Longstreet, Patent granted to Ralph Hodgson (oiled silk and linen); Nipplegate helps to launch YouTube