This day in history.....

February 6th


1820: Largely through the work of the American Colonization Society, the first organized immigration of freed American slaves departs from New York for Sierra Leone, West Africa.

1865: Robert E. Lee is made commander in chief of all Confederate armies, and two months later surrenders to Ulysses S Grant.


1899: The Spanish-American War peace treaty is ratified by a margin of just one vote after an intense fight in the United States Senate.


1926: The Kuomintang, Chinese Nationalist forces led by Chiang Kai-shek, reach Hankou at the confluence of the Han and the Yangtze rivers; Hankou becomes the Kuomintang capital.


1933: Sponsored by Senator George Norris, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution, known as the Lame Duck amendment, goes into effect.


1952: Elizabeth II succeeds the throne of Britain following the death of her father King George VI.
 
February 10th


1904: The Russo-Japanese War begins after the Japanese navy launches a surprise attack on Port Arthur, China, damaging and blockading the Russian fleet.


1915: The silent motion picture The Birth of a Nation (also known as The Clansman), directed by D. W. Griffith, opens to mixed but popular reaction in Los Angeles.

1925: Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey enters federal prison today in Atlanta, Georgia, for his conviction of mail fraud.


1958: Bobby Fischer, two months shy of his 15th birthday, becomes the youngest international grand master in the history of chess.


1959: Charles de Gaulle, the first elected president of the newly formed Fifth Republic of France, takes office.


1960: Boston Celtic center Bill Russell pulls down 51 rebounds to set a new NBA record, later eclipsed by Wilt Chamberlain's record of 55.
 
February 9, 1964: Four young men from Liverpool land in New York City for their first visit to America (I hear they had some kind of band). That evening they make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. The rest, as they say, is history.
 
February 10th


OK........now I can post on the 10th..started a new job in the nursing home, dietary aide and just off of dates guess!

1763: The Treaty of Paris between Britain, France, and Spain ends the Seven Years' War.


1846: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints members embark from Illinois on their exodus to the west.


1863: The fire extinguisher is patented by its creator Alonson Crane.
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1989: The World Wrestling Foundation admits in court that professional wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport.


1990: South African President F. W. De Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released from prison the following day.


1998: Championship figure skater Peggy Fleming successfully undergoes breast-cancer surgery.
 
February 15th


1879: A bill to allow female lawyers to argue cases before the United States Supreme Court is signed by President Rutherford Hayes.


1898: The Battleship Maine explodes in Havana harbor, Cuba. Spain is suspected, and two months later the United States declares war on Spain, beginning the Spanish-American War.


1936: Sonja Henie continues her domination of amateur women's figure skating by winning her third gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Germany.


1950: Walt Disney's animated motion picture Cinderella is released to theaters across the United States.

1965: Canada adopts the red maple leaf flag as the new national flag, replacing the Royal Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack.

1978: Floating like a butterfly and stinging like a bee is not enough for Muhammad Ali, who loses his title to Leon Spinks in Las Vegas.
 
February 16th


1804: American Naval officer Stephen Decatur leads a raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the American frigate Philadelphia, which has been hijacked by pirates.


1857: Gallaudet University opens in Washington D.C. Founded by Amos Kendall, it was formerly called Columbia School for the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind.

1868: Formerly known as the Jolly Gorks, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) is founded in New York, donating aid to children with disabilities and scholarships to deserving students.

1930: Nylon is developed by the Du Pont labs primarily from the research of American chemist Wallace Hume Carothers.


1959: Fidel Castro claims dictatorial power of Cuba following his overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
 
February 18th


1229: The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II negotiates the return of Jerusalem to Christian control with al-Kamil, the sultan of Egypt; therefore, the Sixth Crusade ends without any fighting.


1865: After five months under siege, Charleston, South Carolina, surrenders control of the city to Union forces.


1885: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, helping to make Twain a popular American author.


1930: The planet Pluto is discovered to be the ninth planet of the solar system.


1970: The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiracy stemming from anti-war protests during the 1968 Democratic Convention.
 
February 19th


1807: Former United States vice president Aaron Burr is arrested and charged with plotting to create an independent republic.


1846: The official state government of Texas is installed in the city of Austin.


1847: After spending the winter under harsh conditions that drove them to cannibalism in order to survive, members of the Donner Party are rescued.


1945: United States Marines storm the island of Iwo Jima. Nearly 60,000 marines went ashore the eight-square-mile volcanic island.


1961: Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home in Lincoln City, Indiana, is established as a United States National Monument.
 
February 20th

1872: Incorporated in 1870, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its doors to the public.


1915: The World's Fair opens in San Francisco. The fair, called the Panama-Pacific Exhibition, celebrates the opening of the Panama Canal and the rebuilding of S.F. following the 1906 earthquake.


1962: Astronaut John Glenn, in the Mercury capsule Friendship 7, orbits Earth three times to become the first American to orbit Earth.

1963: Willie Mays signs a one-year $100,000 contract with the San Francisco Giants.


1988: Brian Boitano of the United States, known for the quality of his technique, wins the Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating.
 
February 21


1420: The Hussite extremists seize Austi and found the fortress of Tabor, after which their sect is named—the Taborites.


1795: The National Convention formally separates church and state in France, allowing public worship in private homes.


1885: The Washington Monument, in Washington, D.C., is dedicated.


1965: African American activist and leader Malcolm X is shot dead at the Audubon Ballroom, in Harlem, New York.


1992: American skater Kristi Yamaguchi wins the Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating.
 
february 22


1512: Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer after whom North and South America are named, dies in Seville, Spain, at age 57.


1784: The Empress of China, the first United States merchant ship to trade with China, sets sail from New York.

1819: After long negotiations, Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.


1879: F.W. Woolworth opens up his first five and dime store in Utica, New York.


1924: President Calvin Coolidge delivers the first presidential radio address from the White House.


1959: Driver Lee Petty, in a 1959 Oldsmobile 88, wins the inaugural Daytona 500 motor race at the new International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
 
February 23


1847: About 5000 American troops commanded by General Zachary Taylor defeat some 15,000 Mexicans under General Antonio López de Santa Anna near Buena Vista, Mexico.

1870: Mississippi is formally readmitted to the Union.


1934: Casey Stengel, who had previously been the team's coach, becomes the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1940: The Walt Disney animated motion picture Pinocchio, about a wooden puppet who longs to become human, is released.

1945: U.S. Marines capture the highest point on the island of Iwo Jima and raise the American flag for the second time that day.


1997: Scottish scientists announce what they have kept secret for seven months: that they have cloned adult sheep DNA and produced a healthy sheep who they have named Dolly.
 
February 24th


1209: Saint Francis of Assisi's vocation, to live in complete poverty and to preach, is revealed to him.


1803: Marbury v. Madison establishes the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States to decide whether acts of Congress are legitimate under the U.S. Constitution.


1863: The United States Congress establishes the Arizona Territory from part of the New Mexico Territory.


1924: Johnny Weissmuller breaks the world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming event.


1946: Juan Perón is elected president of Argentina.


1987: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar hits his first three-point shot. Up to this date, he has scored 36,000 points, but only scoring two points at a time.
 
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