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February 21st

• In 1878 The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• In 1925 The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
• In 1995 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific in a balloon

February 22nd

• In 1819 Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.
• In 1872 The Prohibition Party nominates James Black as its first presidential nominee.
• In 1980 In Lake Placid, NY, The Miracle On Ice the US hockey team defeats the Soviet Union team 4

February 23rd

• In 1836 The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• In 1883 Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• In 1896 The Tootsie Roll is invented.

February 24th

• In 1868 Andrew Johnson becomes President to be impeached by the House, he is acquitted in the Senate
• In 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles occurs, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history.
• In 2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.

February 25th

• In 1901 J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
• In 1919 Oregon places a one cent per gallon tax on gas, becoming the first state to levy a gas tax.
• In 1933 The USS Ranger is launched, the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier

February 26th

• In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing Grand Canyon National Park.
• In 1929 President Calvin Coolidge signs an Executive Order establishing Grand Teton National Park.
• In 1995 The United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses.

February 27th

• In 1844 The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• In 1951 The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, limiting Presidents to two terms.
• In 1986 The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

February 28th

• In 1935 DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
• In 1940 Basketball is televised for the 1st time- Fordham University v. the University of Pittsburgh
• In 2013 Pope Benedict XVI becomes first pope of the Catholic Church to resign since 1415.

February 29th

• In 1892 St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
• In 1940 Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
• In 1976 Ja Rule, American rapper and actor is born