FEBRUARY 1 — Space vessel Columbia explodes; INVENTION/PATENTS: 1893 Edison opens 1st movie production studio, 1940 Fantomah, first female heroin comic character published
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 3 — 1959 The Day the Music Died; 1781 The Race for Dan River; 2007 Happy Anniversary Bam Margera/Missy Rothstein; 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI
FEBRUARY 4 — 1780 Washington unanimously elected first president; 1998 Bill Gates gets pied; 1974 Pattie Hearst kidnapped by SLA; 2007 Super Bowl 41
FEBRUARY 5 — 194 Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers; 1865 Battle of Hatcher’s Run; 1969 Turn-On! gets turned off; 2006 Steelers beat Seahawks in Super Bowl 40
FEBRUARY 6 — Happy birthday Mom!; 1911 Ronald Reagan’s birthday
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; 2010 New Orleans Saints win their first Super Bowl
FEBRUARY 8 — 1887 The Dawes-Severalty Act signed by President Cleveland; 1994 Jack Nicolson goes berserk in road rage incident; 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 NBA All-Star Game
FEBRUARY 9 — 1773 Happy Birthday william Henry Harrison; 1895 William Morgan invents game of Volleyall; 1864 Happy Anniversary Elizabeth Bacon/George Custer
FEBRUARY 10 — 1962 Spy exchange between U.S. and Soviet Union; 1976 George Harrison gets sued by Chiffons over song “My Sweet Lord”; 1899 Happy Anniversary Herbert Hoover/Lou Henry; 1992 Mike Tyson accused of rape
FEBRUARY 11 — 1945 FDR and oldest daughter Anne leave for Yalta Conference; 2014 Chevron well explodes, apologize to town with free pizza; 1805 Sacagawea gives birth to Jean Baptiste; SPORTS: 1996 Michael Jordon scores 22 points in 20 minutes, 1997Bill Parcells becomes Jets head coach, 1982 San Diego trades Ozzie Smith to St. Louis
FEBRUARY 12 — 1809 Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln
FEBRUARY 13 — 1905 Teddy Roosevelt stands up for race equality; 1837 Flour Riot in New York City; 1776 Patrick Henry named colonel of 1st Virginia Battalion; 1915 ASCAP is formed; SPORTS; 2000 East beats West in NBA All Stars, Shaq and KG named MVP, 1994 East beast West, Scottie Pippen named MVP
VALENTINE’S DAY — 1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass; 1929 Moran and Capone battle in St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; 1886 1st trainload of oranges leave Los Angeles; Valentine’s Day in America
FEBRUARY 15 — 1898 The Maine explodes, leads to Spanish-American War; 1903 1st Teddy Bear goes on sale; 1988 British rockers Def Leppard gets kicked out of El Paso; SPORTS: 1982 DEenver Nugget’s Dan Issel begins 63 free-throw streak, 1978 Spinks beats Ali for heavyweight title, 1932 Eddie Eagan wins titles in winter and summer Olympics
FEBRUARY 16 — 1945 Back to Bataan, McArthur keeps his word; 1786 Happy Anniversary James and Elizabeth Monrow; 1928 James Markham patents dwarfed peach tree; MUSIC: 1974 Emerson, Lake and Palmer band gets arrested for skinny dipping, 1985 Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A goes #1 in England, 2005 Cat Stevens gets settlement for terrorist accusation from Sunday Times
FEBRUARY 17 — 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes President; 1947 Voice of America begins broadcast
FEBRUARY 18 — 1878 Lincoln County War begins; 1856 Know-Nothing Party convenes in Philadelphia; 1885 Twain publishes Huck Finn
FEBRUARY 19 — 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima; 1847 Donner Party found by rescuers; 1777 Benedict Arnold passed up for promotion; 1977 Starl;and Band receives “Career Death Curse” Grammy award for Best New Artist
FEBRUARY 20 — 1864 Battle of Olustee; 2003 Station Nightclub Fire in Rhode Island; 1792 Pres. Washington signs Postal Service Act; 1963 Happy Birthday Charles Barkley
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 Bron abuse
FEBRUARY 22 — Happy Birthday George Washington
FEBRUARY 23 — 1955 SEATO convenes for the first time; 1861 Pres. Lincoln avoids assassination attempt; 1940 Woodie Guthrie writes “This Land Is Your Land”; BASKETBALL: 1993 John Stockton gets 8,000 assist, 1992 Hakeem Olajuwon gets 2,000 block, 1991 Tar Heels 1st team to win 1500 games in NCAA
FEBRUARY 24 — 1868 Andrew Johnson impeached; 1839 William Otis patents steam shovel for railroads; 14982 Pres. Reagan accounces Carribean Basin Initiative; 1988 1st Amendment protected in People Vs. Larry Flynt; 2005 Ray Charles gets post offic dedicated in his honor
FEBRUARY 25 — 1862 Legal Tender Act passed; 2004 Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ released; 1836 PT Barnum entertainer Joyce Heth gets autopsy; SPORTS: 1994 R.I.P. Jersey Joe Walcott, 1989 Jimmy Johnson becoms Dallas Cowboys head coach, 1964 Muhammad Ali beats Sonny Liston to win heavyweight championship
FEBRUARY 26 — 1929 Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park; 1993 Al Quaeda tries to blow up WTC in New York; 1917 Pres. Wilson discovers the Zimmerman Telegram; 1996 John Stockton gets 11,000 assist
FEBRUARY 27 — 1973 AIM takes Wounded Knee; 1827 Mardi Gras comes to America; 1859 Congressman Sickles murders District Attorney Phillip Key; 1902 Happy Birthday John Steinbeck (QUIZ!)
FEBRUARY 28 — 1993 ATF raid Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX; 1893 Edward Acheson patents carburudum; 2864 Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Affair begins; 1844 Pres. Tyler barely escapes death on USS Princeton
FEBRUARY 29 — 1932 Alfalfa Murray appears on cover of Time Magazine; 1960 Hugh Hefner opens Playboy Mansion in Chicago; 1780 Benjamin Franklin opens Omicron Delta Omega fraternity; MUSIC: Bing Crosby teams up with Mills Bros, 1980 Items from Buddy Holly plane crash found, 2000 Puff Daddy pleads not guilty to bribery charges
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