On This Date In History

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February History Facts

Birthdays

  • Frederick Douglass - Feb. 1818
  • Norman Rockwell - Feb. 3, 1894
  • Felix Mendelssohn - Feb. 3, 1809
  • Red Buttons - Feb. 5, 1919
  • Dwight L. Moody - Feb. 5, 1837
  • Ronald Reagan - Feb. 6, 1911
  • Babe Ruth - Feb. 6, 1895
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder - Feb. 7, 1867
  • Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. - Feb. 8, 1824
  • Richard S. Ewell - Feb. 8, 1817
  • Thomas Edison - Feb. 11, 1847
  • Lorne Greene - Feb. 12, 1915
  • Omar Bradley - Feb. 12, 1893
  • Abraham Lincoln - Feb. 12, 1808
  • Oliver B. Greene - Feb. 14, 1915
  • Winfield Scott Hancock - Feb. 14, 1824
  • Mark Price - Feb. 15, 1964
  • Ernest Shackleton - Feb. 15, 1874
  • Michael Jordan - Feb. 17, 1963
  • Charles Barkley - Feb. 20, 1963
  • Hugh Hewitt - Feb. 22, 1956
  • George Washington - Feb. 22, 1732
  • George Frideric Handel - Feb. 23, 1685
  • Chester W. Nimitz - Feb. 24, 1885
  • Winslow Homer - Feb. 24, 1836
  • Johnny Cash - Feb. 26, 1932
  • William Frawley - Feb. 26, 1887
  • William Cody - Feb. 26, 1846
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Feb. 27, 1807

Events

  • Mexican-American War Ends - Feb. 2, 1848
  • Groundhog Day - Feb. 2, 0000
  • George Custer marries Elizabeth Bacon - Feb. 9, 1864
  • Battle of Fort Donelson Begins - Feb. 11, 1862
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 released for NES - Feb. 12, 1990
  • Explosion On The USS Maine - Ship Sinks Moments Later! - Feb. 15, 1898
  • The Battle of Fort Donelson Ends - Feb. 16, 1862
  • The battle of Iwo Jima begins with U.S. Marines landing on the beach - Feb. 19, 1945
  • First Flag raised by U.S. Marines on Suribachi - Feb. 23, 1945
  • Second Flag raised by U.S. Marines on Suribachi - Feb. 23, 1945
  • Battle of the Alamo Begins - Feb. 23, 1836
  • Slave Trade Act Of 1807 Passes House of Commons - Feb. 23, 1807
  • HMS Birkenhead strikes uncharted rock near Danger Point - Feb. 26, 1852
  • HMS Birkenhead sinks, 450 perish. "Women and children first" first used - Feb. 26, 1852
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