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On February 12, 1809, future President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky. Lincoln would go on to...
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Feb 121 min read
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On February 11, 1753, the first hospital opened for patients in America. Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond founded Pennsylvania...
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Feb 111 min read
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On February 10, 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov loses the first game against a computer. An estimated 6 million people watched...
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Feb 101 min read
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On February 7, 1964, the Beatles land in Kennedy Airport in New York. The band was greeted by thousands of screaming fans. “Beatlemania”...
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Feb 71 min read
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On February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth becomes queen. After her father, King George VI, suffered a long illness, he passed in his sleep....
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Feb 61 min read
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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...
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Feb 51 min read
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On February 4, 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. Washington, commander of the...
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Feb 41 min read
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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...
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Feb 31 min read
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On January 31, 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution to end slavery in America. “Neither...
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Jan 311 min read
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On January 30, 1948, political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated in...
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Jan 301 min read
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On January 28, 1901, the American League was established. Initially called the Western League or the American Association (AA), it was...
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Jan 281 min read
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On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated. Today, being the 80th anniversary of when Soviet troops freed about 7,000 survivors held in...
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Jan 271 min read
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On January 24, 1908, the Boy Scout movement began in England when Lieutenant General Robert Baden-Powell published Scouting for Boys....
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Jan 241 min read
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On January 23, 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the United States to receive a medical degree from the Geneva Medical...
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Jan 231 min read
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On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade . In a 7-2 decision, it was established that a woman had legal right to have...
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Jan 221 min read
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On January 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter issued a pardon to the hundreds of thousands of civilian men who evaded the draft during the...
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Jan 211 min read
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On January 20, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) was inaugurated for the fourth time. This was the first and only time a President was...
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Jan 201 min read
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On January 17, 1916, Rodman Wanamaker, an American businessman and heir to the Wanamaker’s department store, formed the idea of a...
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Jan 171 min read
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On January 16, 1945, Adolf Hitler descended into his underground bunker. The bunker was 55 feet under his headquarters and consisted of...
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Jan 161 min read
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On January 15, 1967, Super Bowl I was played in Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of about 63, 000 people and a television...
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