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MARCH 2 -1749 Happy birthday Revolution Spy Austin Roe (the Paul Revere of Long Island); 1769 Happy birthday politician DeWitt Clinton (Eerie Canal mastermind) 11877 Compromise gives 1876 Presidential Election to Rudd Hayes;  SPORTS: 1951 1st NBA All-Star game; 1962

MARCH 1 — 1833 Pres. Jackson and South Carolina come to a head in the Nullification Crisis; 1964 Comic character Winter Soldier is killed; 1803 Ohio joins Union as 17th state; SPORTS: 1996 Lenny Wilkins sets NBA record, 1986 Earle

FEBRUARY 28 –1754 Happy birthday Revolutionary spy Benjamin Tallmadge; 1893 Edward Acheson patents carborundum; 1867 U.S. and Vatican sever ties FEBRUARY 28

1973 American Indian Movement takes a knee; 1859 Daniel Sickles kills Daniel Keys; 1902 Happy birthday John Steinbeck; 2010 First monster truck backflip

FEBRUARY 26 — 1929 Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park; 1953 Allen Dulles becomes first director of the CIA; 1993 Al Quaeda tries to blow up WTC in New York; 1996 John Stockton gets 11,000 assist FEBRUARY 26 1929 –

FEBRUARY 25 –1791 Hamilton charters  the first Bank of the United States; 1836 Colt begins patenting his revolver; SPORTS: 1994 R.I.P. Jersey Joe Walcott, 1989 Jimmy Johnson becoms Dallas Cowboys head coach, 1964 Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston to win

FEBRUARY 24 — 1868 Andrew Johnson impeached; 1993 DNA Identification Act infroduced; 1988 1st Amendment protected in People Vs. Larry Flynt; 2005 Ray Charles gets post office dedicated in his honor FEBRUARY 24 1868 – Johnson is impeached. The Tailor

FEBRUARY 23 — 1803 Happy birthday John Sutter; 1972 The Partenon in Nashville becomes a historic landmark; 2008 Lee Redmond wins world record for having the longest fingernails for a female FEBRUARY 23 1803 – happy birthday John Sutter. This

FEBRUARY 22 — Happy Birthday George Washington FEBRUARY 22 1732 George Washington. According to whitehouse.gov, Born in 1732 into a Virginia planter family, he learned the morals, manners, and body of knowledge requisite for an 18th century Virginia gentleman. He

FEBRUARY 21 — 1965 Malcolm X assassinated; 2004 U.S. permits Red Cross to visit Saddam Hussein in custody; 1885 Washington Monument dedicated; 2009 Rihanna thanks fans for support over Chris Brown abuse FEBRUARY 21 1965 – Malcolm X is shot