February Calendar: Today in History

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Black History Month (U.S.A.)

1	1790 - The first session of the U.S. Supreme Court was held in New York City.

2	1536 - Pedro de Mendoza founded Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1848 - Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Groundhog Day (U.S.A.)

3	1790 - Benjamin Franklin advocated for an end to slavery with his Petition from the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery. 1870 - Passing of the 15th Amendment, granting suffrage to African Americans.

4	1787 - End of Shays's Rebellion. 1945 - Yalta Conference between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin (during World War II). 1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) became independent.

5	1917 - Immigration Act was passed by Congress.

6	1788 - Massachusetts officially became a U.S. state. 1933 - 20th Amendment, regarding the date of presidential inaugurations, went into effect.

7	1795 - Ratification of the 11th Amendment. 1926 - Negro History Week was founded by Carter G. Woodson. 1971 - Suffrage was granted to women in Switzerland. 1974 - Grenada became independent.

8	1587 - Beheading of Mary Queen of Scots. 1870 - Establishment of the National Weather Service (NWS). 1904 - Start of the Russo-Japanese War.

9	1964 - The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

10	1763 - French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years' War) ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. 1967 - Ratification of the 25th Amendment.

11	1805 - Birth of Sacajawea's son, Jean Baptiste. 1858 - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous (Saint Bernadette of Lourdes) saw her first vision of the Virgin Mary.

12	1554 - Execution of England's Lady Jane Grey. 1818 - Chile became independent. 1909 - Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

13	1960 - France detonated an atomic bomb.

14	Valentine's Day 1859 - Oregon became a U.S. state. 1912 - Arizona became a U.S. state. 1920 - Founding of the League of Women Voters.

15	1764 - Founding of St. Louis, Missouri. 1898 - Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine off the coast of Cuba.

16	1923 - Opening of Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings by archaeologist Howard Carter.

17	1600 - Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition.

18	1885 - Publication of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

19	1674 - Peace of Westminster signed and New Amsterdam became New York. 1878 - Patent granted to Thomas Alva Edison for the gramophone (phonograph).

20	1792 - Post Office Department signed into law by U.S. President George Washington. 1962 - John Glenn orbited the earth.

21	1613 - Election of Mikhail (Michael) Romanov as tsar of Russia. The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia until the Russian Revolution of 1917. 1916 - Start of the Battle of Verdun (World War I). 1965 - Assassination of African-American civil rights activist Malcolm X.

22	1371 - Start of Scotland's Stuart dynasty with the ascension of Robert II. 1732 - George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. 1819 - Florida was ceded to the United States by Spain.

23	1836 - Siege of the Alamo, in Texas, was begun by General Santa Anna of Mexico. 1945 - The United States flag was raised on Iwo Jima by the Marines.

24	1582 - The Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. 1821 - Mexico became independent. 1868 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson. 1920 - Nazi Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany.

25	1570 - Excommunication of England's Elizabeth I. 1901 - U.S. Steel Corporation formed by J. Pierpont Morgan.

26	1815 - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba and began his 100 Days. 1919 - Establishment of Grand Canyon National Park. 1993 - World Trade Center bombing.

27	1844 - The Dominican Republic became independent. 1933 - Reichstag fire in Berlin, Germany. 1951 - Ratification of the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1973 - Wounded Knee occupation by the American Indian Movement.

28	1784 - The Methodist Church was formally established by John Wesley.

29	Leap Day (every four years) - 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, etc.

February has seen several significant historical events that have had a profound impact on the world. On February 1, 1960, the Greensboro sit-ins began, when four African American students sat at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina, sparking a nationwide movement and playing a key role in the Civil Rights Movement. On February 12, 1809, Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, was born, revolutionizing our understanding of biology and natural history. Additionally, on February 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years, marking a pivotal moment in South Africa's struggle against apartheid and leading to the nation's transition to a multiracial democracy. February 14, 1929, witnessed the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, a violent event during the Prohibition era that highlighted the rampant organized crime of the time. Another significant event is the ratification of the 15th Amendment on February 3, 1870, which granted African American men the right to vote in the United States, marking a crucial step in the long fight for civil rights. These events underscore February as a month of key historical milestones with lasting impacts on society and progress.

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