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February 1. 1931 Boris Yeltsin , president of Russia 1790 Supreme Court convenes for the 1st time (New York, NY). February 2. 1895 George S Halas , co-founder NFL 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires TX, CA, NM & AZ for $15 million. February 3.

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February 1

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  1. February 1 1931 Boris Yeltsin , president of Russia 1790 Supreme Court convenes for the 1st time (New York, NY)

  2. February 2 1895 George S Halas , co-founder NFL 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires TX, CA, NM & AZ for $15 million

  3. February 3 1894- Norman Rockwell (American artist and illustrator ,born in New York City) 1870 - The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote, regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

  4. February 4 1902- Charles Lindbergh (Made first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris, May 20-21, 1927) 1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000

  5. February 5 1723 John Witherspoon ,signed Declaration of Independence 1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs

  6. February 6 1756 Aaron Burr, 3rd US Vice-President (1801-05) 1933 20th Amendment goes into effect; Presidential term begins in Jan. not March

  7. February 7 1817 Frederick Douglass, 1st high ranking black in US government 1935 Monopoly invented by Charles Darrow

  8. February 8 1940Ted Koppel, newscaster (ABC Nightline) 1926 Walt Disney Studios is formed

  9. February 9 1773 William Henry Harrison (Whigs) 9th President 1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state

  10. February 10 1950 Mark Spitz (swimmer) 1990 South African President F.W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela, the black activist imprisoned for 27 years, will be released the next day

  11. February 11 1847- Thomas Edison(Inventor of incandescent bulb, phonograph and movie camera) 660 BC -Founding date of the Japanese nation, occurred with the accession to the throne of the first Emperor, Jimmu

  12. February 12 1809 Abraham Lincoln, (R) 16th President (1861-65) 1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah

  13. February 13 1885Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady 1566 St Augustine FL founded

  14. February 14 Jim Kelly and Drew Bledsoe, quarterbacks for the Buffalo Bills 1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state

  15. February 15 1564- Galileo Galilei (first astronomer to use a telescope) 1861 Abraham Lincoln declared President

  16. February 16 1812 Henry Wilson (R) 18th Vice-President (1873-75) 0600 Pope Gregory the Great decrees saying "God bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze

  17. February 17 1963 Michael Jordan (basketballer) 1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"

  18. February 18 1950 John Hughes (film director) 1979 Snow fell in the Sahara Desert for the first and only recorded time in history

  19. February 19 1473- Nicolaus Copernicus (Astronomer, theorized that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the solar system) 1987 Anti-smoking ad airs for first time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner

  20. February 20 1967 Kurt Cobain (singer, songwriter) 1792 US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance 1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin

  21. February 21 1728 Peter III, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherine 885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC)

  22. February 22 1632 Thomas Osborne English PM (1690-94)/founder of the Tories 1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers

  23. February 23 1868 William E B Du Bois , civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk) 1945 US Marines raise Flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue

  24. February 24 1955 Steven Jobs (Computer engineer, entrepreneur) 1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found 1980 The U.S. hockey team beats Finland 4-2, to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY.

  25. February 25 1971 Sean Astin ( actor- Rudy, Lord of the Rings) 1793 George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States

  26. February 26 1802 Victor Hugo, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) 1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (a top a Boeing 747)

  27. February 27 0280 Constantine the Great Roman emperor (306-37) 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti

  28. February 28 1802 Victor Hugo, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables) 1930 1st red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)

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