February
Feb. 1 - Women’s Heart Health Day
- National Freedom Day (commemorates the 13th Amendment) Feb. 2 - Groundhog’s Day - Candlemas Day – celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, all the candles are blessed on this day for the year Feb. 3 - 1870: 15th Amendment passes granting blacks the right to vote - 1920: Negro Baseball League founded Feb. 4 - 1913: Rosa Parks (mother of Civil Rights) was born - African American Coaches Day Feb. 5 - 1964: 24th Amendment eliminated poll tax in federal elections - 1837: Dwight L. Moody was born (evangelist) Feb. 6 - National Wear Red Day (Heart/health awareness) - 1899: U.S. Senate ratified the peace treaty ending the Spanish-American War Feb. 7 - 1812: Charles Dickens (British author) was born - Grenada Independence Day Feb. 8 - 1986: Oprah Winfrey became the first African American to host a nationally recognized talk show - 1863: 54th Massachusetts Regiment was organized Feb. 9 - 1773: William Henry Harrison was born (9th President of the U.S.) - National Stop Bullying Day Feb. 10 - 1763: Treaty of Paris (French signed Canada over to Great Britain) - Chinese New Year (Year of the Water Snake) Feb. 11 - 1847: Thomas Edison (American inventor of the lightbulb) was born - Victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran Feb. 12 - 1909: NAACP founded (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - 1809: Abe Lincoln was born (16th President of the U.S.) Feb. 13 - 2013: Ash Wednesday (7th Wednesday preceding Easter) - 1826: American Temperance Society was organized in Boston Feb. 14 - Valentine’s Day - 1859: Oregon became the 33rd state to join the Union Feb. 15 - 1820: Susan B. Anthony was born (famous abolitionist and leader in woman’s suffrage) - 1564: Galileo was born (Italian astronomer) Feb. 16 - 1945: American paratroopers land on Corregidor to help the Philippines - 1897: Philip Melancthon was born (best friends with MLK Jr.) Feb. 17 - 1963: Michael Jordan was born (NBA superstar and icon to ever play the game of basketball) - Random Acts of Kindness Day Feb. 18 - 1688: first official protest against slavery in Colonial America in Germantown - 2013: President’s Day (third Monday in February) Feb. 19 - 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima begins (U.S. tries to capture the island from Japan) - 1807: VP Aaron Burr was arrested for treason but later found innocent Feb. 20 - 1792: U.S. Postal Service created - 1962: Astronaut John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times in four hours and forty five minutes Feb. 21 - 1965: Malcolm X was shot to death (black muslim) - 1972: Richard Nixon became the first President to visit China Feb. 22 - 1732: George Washington was born (first President of the U.S.) - 1819: U.S. gets Florida from Spain Feb. 23 - 1868: W.E.B. Du Bois was born (he was an important Civil Rights activist, co-founder of NAACP) - Tennis Day Feb. 24 - Mexico’s Flag Day - Purim – celebrates Jews saved from genocide Feb. 25 - 1870: first black U.S. Senator took office - Hiram R. Revels - 1862: paper currency introduced to the U.S. by Abe Lincoln Feb. 26 - 1951: 22nd Amendment created limiting the presidents to two terms - 1993: bomb rocks the World Trade Center in NYC Feb. 27 - Independence Day – Dominican Republic - 1807: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American Poet) was born Feb. 28 - 1984: Michael Jackson (King of Pop) won eight Grammies. - National Tooth Fairy Day |