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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

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