February 13
1635 Boston Public Latin School, the nation's oldest public school, is founded.
1826 The American Temperance Society, the first national organization to advocate prohibition, is founded.
February 14
1946 ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
1962 Millions tune in to watch First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy host the first televised tour of the White House.
February 15
1820 Women's sufffrage leader Susan B. Anthony is born in Adams, Massachusetts.
1933 President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Miami.
February 16
1852 Henry and Clement Studebaker found a wagon-making business in South Bend, Indiana, that eventually becomes a famous automobile manufacturer.
1945 American troops recapture the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines almost three years after the infamous Bataan Death March.
February 17
1817 The first public gas streetlight in the United States is lit in Baltimore, Maryland.
1864 The Confederate H.L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink a warship, the USS Housatonic, but goes down after the attack.
February 18
1841 The first continuous filibuster begins in the Senate and lasts until March 11.
1885 The first American edition of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
February 19
1878 Thomas Edison receives a patent for the phonograph.
Blessings,
Ellen
I love the history for a week. You put alot of work into the research and the pictures to go with them. I really enjoy it. Thank you. Blessings
ReplyDeleteHi Ellen, thanks for stopping by my blog and for the comment, I always enjoy meeting homeschooling bloggers as well ~ I'm enjoying your blog and there seems to be SO much information here! I'm following you as well and look forward to reading more ~ I feel like I can learn so much from your/your lessons, etc! :)
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