FEBRUARY
On this Day in Time
February 1, 1790
Supreme court convenes for first
time.
February 2, 1913
NYC's Grand Central Terminal
opens.
February 3, 1690
First paper money in America issued
(colony of Mass.)
February 4, 1945
Yalta conference takes place with
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin.
February 5, 1945
Gen. Douglas MacArthur enters
Manilla.
February 6, 1899
Spanish American War ends: peace
treaty ratified by Senate.
February 7, 1960
Dead Sea scrolls found at Qumran.
February 8, 1861
Conferderate States of America
founded by 7 southern states.
February 9, 1994
Israeli minister Shimon Peres signs
peace accord with PLO's Yasser
Arafat.
February 10, 1763
French-Indian War ends, surrendering
Canada to England.
February 11, 1573
Frances Drake becomes first European
to see the Pacific (from Panama).
February 12, 1809
Abraham Lincoln born
February 13,1935
B. Hauptman guilty of kidnapping and
murder of Lindbergh's infant.
February 14, 1929
St. Valentines day Massacre in
Chicago, seven gangsters killed.
February 15, 1898
US Battleship Maine blown up in
Havana harbor, 260 die; "Remember the
Maine"
February 16,1959
Fidel Castro proclaims himself Cuba's
premier after overthrowing Batista.
February 17, 1949
Chaim Weitzman elected first
President of Israel.
February 18, 1865
Evacuation of
Charleston, SC; Sherman's troops burn
city.
February 19, 1945
30,000 US Marines land on Iwo
Jima.
February 20, 1962
John Glenn becomes first American to
orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
February 21, 1965
Malcom X, black nationalist, fatally
shot in NYC.
February 22, 1879
George Washington's birthday.
F.W. Woolworth opens his first
five-and-dime store in Utica, NY.
February 23, 1997
Scientist in Scotland, successfully
clone an adult mammal, producing a lamb
named "Dolly".
February 24, 1836
3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo; battle last 13 days.
February 25, 1862
Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Pres. Lincoln
February 26, 1848
Marx and Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.
February 27, 1991
Gulf war ends; Kuwait is liberated.
February 28, 1066
Westminster Abbey opens
February 29, 1940
"Gone with the Wind" wins eight Oscars.
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