Month: February 2026

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 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 3 — 1959 The Day the Music Died; 1781 The Race for Dan River; 2017 “Tattooed New York” Exhibit begins;  2002 Super Bowl XXXVI FEBRUARY 3 1959 – The Day the Music Died. By bye, Miss American Pie. …Buddy

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