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February 2016
February is “Black History Month“
February is “Black History Month“
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Sun. Jan. 31
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Mon. Feb. 1
Harriet Tubman became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp, 1978
Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Disintegrated during Atmospheric Re-entry, 2003
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Tue. Feb. 2
Groundhog Day
Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded, 1536
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Wed. Feb. 3
First soft landing on the moon (Luna 9, USSR), 1966
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Thu. Feb. 4
Halfway Point of Winter
Rosa Parks born, 1913
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Fri. Feb. 5
Constitution Day, Mexico
Mariner 10 took first close-range photo of Venus, 1974
National Weather Persons' Day
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Sat. Feb. 6
Queen Elizabeth II Acceded the Throne, 1952
Ronald Reagan born, 1911
Massachusetts became a state, 1788
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Sun. Feb. 7
Switzerland granted Swiss women the right to vote, 1971
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Mon. Feb. 8
Chinese New Year Starts
Jules Verne born, 1828
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Wed. Feb. 10
Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War, 1763
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Thu. Feb. 11
Thomas Alva Edison born, 1847
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Fri. Feb. 12
Charles Darwin born, 1809
Abraham Lincoln born, 1809
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Sun. Feb. 14
Valentine's Day
Arizona statehood, 1912
Read about Arizona, then take a quiz.
Oregon statehood, 1859
Read about Oregon, then take a quiz.
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Mon. Feb. 15
Canada first hoisted its national flag, 1965
Galileo Galilei born, 1564
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Tue. Feb. 16
Miranda (moon of Uranus) first photographed, 1948
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Sat. Feb. 20
John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times, 1962
Frederick Douglass died, 1895
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Mon. Feb. 22
George Washington's Birthday, 1732
World Thinking Day
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Tue. Feb. 23
Dolly the Sheep Cloned, 1997
W.E.B. DuBois born, 1868
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Thu. Feb. 25
Pierre Renoir (artist) born, 1841
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Fri. Feb. 26
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody born, 1846
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Sun. Feb. 28
Congress Authorized Lewis and Clark's Trip, 1803
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Mon. Feb. 29
Leap Day
Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar, 1940
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