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On February 25, 1940, for the first time, the NHL televised a game. New York’s W2XBS transmitted the game, a National Broadcasting...

On February 24, 1868, President Andrew Johnson became the first president to be impeached in the United States. He was impeached for...

On February 21, 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Built in honor of America’s first President and...

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. Glen was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S....

On February 14, 1859, Oregon became the 33rd state in the Union. The U.S. acquired the area through the “Oregon Treaty” with Great...

On February 13, 2000, the last “Peanuts” comic strip was published in the Sunday newspapers. Charles M. Schulz’s career as a cartoonist...

On February 12, 1809, future President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Lincoln would go on to...

On February 11, 1753, the first hospital opened for patients in America. Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond founded Pennsylvania...

On February 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game against a computer. An estimated 6 million people watched...

On February 7, 1964, the Beatles land in Kennedy Airport in New York. The band was greeted by thousands of screaming fans. “Beatlemania”...

On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth becomes queen. After her father, King George VI, suffered a long illness, he passed in his sleep....

On February 5, 1953, animated movie Peter Pan opened up at the Roxy Theater in NYC. The budget for the film was $4 million and ended up...

On February 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. Washington, commander of the...

On February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed. The amendment granted the right to vote for all male citizens...

On January 31, 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to end slavery in America. “Neither...

On January 30, 1948, political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in...

On January 28, 1901, the American League was established. Initially called the Western League or the American Association (AA), it was...

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. Today, being the 80th anniversary of when Soviet troops freed about 7,000 survivors held in...

On January 24, 1908, the Boy Scout movement began in England when Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell published Scouting for Boys....

On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree from the Geneva Medical...