Today is the 59th day of the year, with only 306 days remaining until the end of the year.
1849 - Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, 4 months and 22 days after leaving New York Harbor.
1854 - The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.
1883 - The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
1893 - The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time is launched.
1935 - DuPont scientist Wallace Corothers invents nylon.
1940 - Basketball is televised for the first time with Fordham University Vs. The University of Pittsburgh at Madison Square Gardne.
1954 - The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1991 - The first Gulf War ends.
1993 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1997 - The North Hollywood shootout takes place, pitting two heavily armed bank robbers against the LAPD, resulting in the injury of 19 people and deaths of both perpetrators.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
27th of Februuary
Today is the 58th day of the year, with only 307 days remaining.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible or his election to the Presidency.
1864 - The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1933 - Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 - During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Dutch East Indies.
1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1964 - The government of Italy, asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1991 - President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."
1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible or his election to the Presidency.
1864 - The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1933 - Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 - During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Dutch East Indies.
1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1964 - The government of Italy, asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1991 - President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."
Sunday, February 26, 2012
26th of February
It is the 57th day of the year, with only 308 days remaining until the end of the year.
1914 - HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
1935 - Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1993 - In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand people.
1914 - HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, is launched at Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
1917 - The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.
1935 - Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
1993 - In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand people.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
25th of February
It is the 56th day of the year, with only 309 days remaining until the new year.
138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
1836 - Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
1866 - Mines in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African-American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
1901 - J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
1932 - Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichsprasident.
1933 - The USS Ranger is launched. it is the first U.S. Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
1964 - Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, beats Sonny Liston in the world heavyweight boxing title fight. This is Ali's 20th pro boxing fight and first heavyweight title.
1968 - 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam's Quang Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in a massacre.
138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
1836 - Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
1866 - Mines in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African-American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
1901 - J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
1932 - Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichsprasident.
1933 - The USS Ranger is launched. it is the first U.S. Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
1964 - Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, beats Sonny Liston in the world heavyweight boxing title fight. This is Ali's 20th pro boxing fight and first heavyweight title.
1968 - 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam's Quang Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in a massacre.
Friday, February 24, 2012
24th of February
Today is the 55th day of the year, with only 310 days remaining.
303 - Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frederic Handel, the first Italian opera written for the English stage.
1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted.
1917 - The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico, if the country to the south declares war on the United States.
1920 - The Nazi Party is founded.
1968 - The Tet Offensive is halted, South Vietnam recaptured Hue.
1980 - The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4 to 2 to win the gold medal.
303 - Diocletian, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire.
1711 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frederic Handel, the first Italian opera written for the English stage.
1863 - Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
1868 - Andrew Johnson becomes the first President to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted.
1917 - The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmerman Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico, if the country to the south declares war on the United States.
1920 - The Nazi Party is founded.
1968 - The Tet Offensive is halted, South Vietnam recaptured Hue.
1980 - The United States Olympic Hockey team completes their Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4 to 2 to win the gold medal.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
23rd of February
It is the 54th day of the year, with only 311 days remaining until the new year.
303 - Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, The first Western book printed with movable type.
1685 - George Frideric Handel, German/British Baroque composer is born.
1778 - Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help train the Continental Army.
1836 - The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 - At the Battle of Buena Vista, during the Mexican-American War, 5,000 American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans.
1848 - John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States, passes away at the age of 80.
1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
1868 - W. E. B. Du Bois, an early American civil rights leader is born.
1883 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust act.
1896 - The Tootsie Roll is invented.
1903 - Cuba leases Guantanomo Bay to the United States.
1905 - Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other business men meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1918 - First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as Red Army Day, it is renamed Defender of the Fatherland Day after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is colloquially known as "Men's Day."
1927 - German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes uncertainty principle for the first time.
1941 - Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1942 - Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara.
1945 - During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1983 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1991 - Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the Gulf War.
1999 - Carlos Hathcock, United States Marine Corp Gunnery Sergeant sniper, with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. He is also known for his accomplishment of shooting a North Vietnamese sniper through the enemy's own scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.
303 - Roman Emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, The first Western book printed with movable type.
1685 - George Frideric Handel, German/British Baroque composer is born.
1778 - Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help train the Continental Army.
1836 - The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
1847 - At the Battle of Buena Vista, during the Mexican-American War, 5,000 American troops defeat 15,000 Mexicans.
1848 - John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the United States, passes away at the age of 80.
1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
1868 - W. E. B. Du Bois, an early American civil rights leader is born.
1883 - Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an antitrust act.
1896 - The Tootsie Roll is invented.
1903 - Cuba leases Guantanomo Bay to the United States.
1905 - Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other business men meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1918 - First victory of Red Army over the Kaiser's German troops near Narva and Pskov. In honor of this victory, the date is celebrated from 1923 onward as Red Army Day, it is renamed Defender of the Fatherland Day after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and is colloquially known as "Men's Day."
1927 - German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes uncertainty principle for the first time.
1941 - Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
1942 - Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara.
1945 - During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U.S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
1954 - The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1983 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
1991 - Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the Gulf War.
1999 - Carlos Hathcock, United States Marine Corp Gunnery Sergeant sniper, with a service record of 93 confirmed kills. He is also known for his accomplishment of shooting a North Vietnamese sniper through the enemy's own scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
22nd of February
It is the 53rd day of the year, with only 312 days remaining until the new year.
1855 - The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania, as the Farmer's High School of Pennsylvania.
1862 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia.
1879 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolwroth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth tores.
1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North and South Dakota, Montana, and Washington as U.S. states.
1909 - The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by the Connecticut, return to the U.S. after a voyage around the world.
1915 - Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Phillipines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
1974 - Samuel Byck tries and fail to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1980 - Known as the Miracle on Ice, in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team by a score of 4 to 3.
1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife, are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing 53 million pounds or $92.5 million from a Securitas depot in tonbridge, Kent.
1855 - The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania, as the Farmer's High School of Pennsylvania.
1862 - Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia.
1879 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolwroth opens the first of many of 5 and dime Woolworth tores.
1889 - President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North and South Dakota, Montana, and Washington as U.S. states.
1909 - The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by the Connecticut, return to the U.S. after a voyage around the world.
1915 - Germany institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
1924 - President Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House.
1942 - President Franklin Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Phillipines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.
1974 - Samuel Byck tries and fail to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
1980 - Known as the Miracle on Ice, in Lake Placid, New York, the U.S. hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team by a score of 4 to 3.
1994 - Aldrich Ames and his wife, are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
1997 - In Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned.
2006 - At least six men stage Britain's biggest robbery, stealing 53 million pounds or $92.5 million from a Securitas depot in tonbridge, Kent.
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