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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

JANUARY 31 — 1830 Happy birthday James Blaine (the only Republican not to ghet elected president in the late 1800s); 1995 Clinton bails out Mexico; SUPER BOWL: 1988 Redskins over Broncos in SBXXII, 1993 Cowboys crush Bills 52-17, 1999 Broncos

JANUARY 30 — 1882 — Happy Birthday FDR; 1752 Happy birthday Gouverneur Morris; SUPER BOWL: 2000 Rams beat Tennessee in SBXXXIV, 1994 Dallas beats Buffalo in SBXXVII, 1983 Washington over Miami SBXVII, 1933 Lone Ranger debuts on TV JANUARY 30

JANUARY 29 — 1761 Happy Birthday politician and ethnologist Albert Gallatin;  1861 Bleeding Kansas enters Union; 1993 Eiffel Tower in Paris, TN becomes a historic landmark JANUARY 29 1843 William “Wobbly Willie” McKinley, #25. McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio

JANUARY 28 — 1986 New of the Challenger explosion hit headlines; 1985 U.S.A. For Africa records We Are the World; SUPER BOWL: Joe Montanna wins 4th SB with most points scored (55), 1996 Steelers 1st SB defeat against Cowboys, 2001

JANUARY 27 — 1941 FDR warned for first time about Japanese plans to bomb Pearl Harbor; 1888 NatGeo society is formed; 2016 Sunshine becomes world’s oldest cockatiel;1991 Buffalo Bills begin four game losing streak in Super Bowl JANUARY 27 1973

JANUARY 25 — 1871 Happy Anniversary President William and First Lady Ida McKinley; 1832 The Spoils System gets its name;  SUPER BOWL: 1981 Raiders beat Eagles in SB XV, 1987 Giants beat Broncos 39-20, 1998 Broncos beat Packers in SB