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February 26

1766: Empress Catherine II (the Great) grants freedom of worship in Russia.
Learn more about Catherine the Great.

1848: Karl Marx and Friederich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto in London.
Learn more about the Communist Manifesto.

1919: The United States Congress establishes the Grand Canyon as a national park.
Learn more about the Grand Canyon National Park.

1985: Tina Turner wins two Grammy Awards for her hit song "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
Learn more about Tina Turner.

1993: A terrorist bomb explosion kills five people and badly damages the World Trade Center in New York, New York.
Learn more about terrorism.

Born on this day

Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and playwright (1802)

Honoré Daumier, French painter and caricaturist (1808)

Johnny Cash, country music singer (1932)

Jackie Gleason, comedian and actor (1916)

Levi Strauss, creator of blue jeans (1829)

Fats Domino, rock-and-roll pianist, singer, and songwriter (1928)
 
rgr that untill it wares off.

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February 26

1766: Empress Catherine II (the Great) grants freedom of worship in Russia.
Learn more about Catherine the Great.

1848: Karl Marx and Friederich Engels publish the Communist Manifesto in London.
Learn more about the Communist Manifesto.

1919: The United States Congress establishes the Grand Canyon as a national park.
Learn more about the Grand Canyon National Park.

1985: Tina Turner wins two Grammy Awards for her hit song "What's Love Got to Do With It?"
Learn more about Tina Turner.

1993: A terrorist bomb explosion kills five people and badly damages the World Trade Center in New York, New York.
Learn more about terrorism.

Born on this day

Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and playwright (1802)

Honoré Daumier, French painter and caricaturist (1808)

Johnny Cash, country music singer (1932)

Jackie Gleason, comedian and actor (1916)

Levi Strauss, creator of blue jeans (1829)

Fats Domino, rock-and-roll pianist, singer, and songwriter (1928)
 
Cool! I agree you should do this each day for the year!
 
hmmm... whered u get this from???
 
Brian Damage said:
Are the "Learn more about" lines supposed to be links?
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I'm guessing they are, but when i first saw it i was like "No! I don't want to learn more about Tina Turner."
 
You don't have an option! This is an order!!! =) LEARN MORE ABOUT TINA TURNER!!
 
woops i have done this topic of mine in other forums, i thought i did not do it in this forum.

All the other ones:

February 27

1594: Henry IV is crowned king of France in Chartres.

1922: The United States Supreme Court declares the Nineteenth Amendment constitutional, thereby guaranteeing women's voting rights.

1933: The Reichstag, seat of the German parliament, is set on fire.

1973: Sioux Native Americans seize and hold Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, demanding a United States Senate investigation of Native American problems.

1974: The first issue of People magazine, a weekly publication featuring entertainment and social-interest news, hits the newsstands.

1990: The Exxon Corporation is indicted on five criminal charges relating to the 1989 Alaskan oil spill.

2003: A design by architect Daniel Libeskind is selected to be built on the former site of the twin towers of New York City's World Trade Center.

Born on this day

Charles Best, Canadian physiologist (1899)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet (1807)

Ellen Alicia Terry, English actor (1847)

Elizabeth Taylor, actor (1932)

Alice Hamilton, physician and pioneer in industrial toxicology (1869)

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February 28

1784: The English evangelist John Wesley signs a deed of declaration as the charter of Wesleyan Methodism and ordains two “Presbyters” for the American Mission.

1849: The California is the first ship of gold seekers to arrive in San Francisco, California.

1854: The Republican party is founded by a coalition in Ripon, Wisconsin.

1922: The British government announces its acceptance of Egypt's wish to become an independent state, but states that Great Britain will retain considerable influence as well as control of the Suez Canal.

1933: Adolf Hitler persuades president Paul von Hindenburg to issue an emergency order that suppresses civil liberties and freedom of the press and allows the Nazis to arrest thousands of their opponents.

1984: Michael Jackson's album Thriller wins an unprecedented eight Grammy Awards.

Born on this day

Linus Pauling, theoretical chemist and biologist (1901)

Mary Lyon, educator (1797)

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, French writer (1533)

John Tenniel, English cartoonist and book illustrator (1820)

Vincente Minnelli, motion-picture director (1910)

Leon N. Cooper, physicist, professor, and Nobel Prize winner (1930)

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February 29

1692: The Salem witch trials begin when Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are accused of using witchcraft.

1920: A constitution is adopted in Czechoslovakia, a new nation formed from the former provinces of Bohemia, Moravia, and Slovakia after the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian empire.

1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. The new act rewards farmers for growing soil-enhancing crops.

1940: The motion picture Gone with the Wind, one of the biggest production events in film history, wins eight Academy Awards.

1960: An earthquake hits Agadir, Morocco, killing 12,000 people. It is the worst earthquake recorded in Africa to date.

1972: Hank Aaron signs for $200,000 a year, making him the highest paid professional baseball player to date.

Born on this day

Paul III, pope who initiated the Counter Reformation (1468)

Ann Lee, English mystic (1736)

Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (1792)

Jimmy Dorsey, bandleader (1904)

Balthus, French painter (1908)

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March 1

1260: The city of Damascus surrenders to the Mongols, who now occupy all Syria, extinguishing the Ayyubid Sultanate.

1803: Ohio enters the Union as the 17th state.

1872: President Ulysses S Grant signs a bill creating Yellowstone National Park, making it the first national park in the United States.

1875: The United States Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing African Americans equal access to public facilities.

1961: President John F. Kennedy creates the Peace Corps by executive order.

1972: Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first NBA basketball player to score 30,000 points.

Born on this day

Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer and pianist (1810)

Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli prime minister and Nobel laureate (1922)

Glenn Miller, jazz bandleader and trombone player (1904)

Ron Howard, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1954)

Dinah Shore, popular singer and television performer (1917)

David Niven, British motion-picture actor (1909)
 
That would suck to be born on a leap day. Having to wait every four years or in some cases more if you know how leap years work. And it's not like you can celebrate it on another day, that would be breaking the rules.
 
A True Canadian said:
That would suck to be born on a leap day. Having to wait every four years or in some cases more if you know how leap years work. And it's not like you can celebrate it on another day, that would be breaking the rules.
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people do celebrate it on another day however. 28th feb.
 
I share a birthday with Sean Connery :)

Today (March 1st) is my dad's birthday, along with my girlfriend's mom. Coincidence? ...
 
March 2

1498: Vasco de Gama's Portuguese expedition reaches the island of Mozambique, the most southerly port of call for Arab merchants on the east coast of Africa.

1807: The United States Congress abolishes the slave trade, effective January 1, 1808.

1836: Texas declares its independence from Mexico; the United States does not recognize the new Republic of Texas.
1877: On the basis of its committee's recommendation, the United States Congress rewards all 20 disputed electoral votes in the previous December's presidential election to Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.

1923: Time magazine debuts as a weekly news review.

1974: Stevie Wonder wins five Grammy awards for his album Innervisions.

Born on this day

Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR from 1985 to 1991 (1931)

Sam Houston, statesman and military commander (1793)

Kurt Weill, German American composer (1900)

Mel Ott, baseball player (1909)

Rosa DeLauro, member of the House of Representatives from Connecticut (1943)
 
It's probably been asked before but I'm too lazy to circle through 2 pages, plus I'm fat and aggressive as the swedes say, but where do you find these info thingies?
 
March 3

1791: The United States Congress passes the nation's first tax law. The law divides the country into 14 tax zones and levies a duty on, among other items, distilled spirits.

1875: The opera Carmen, written by French composer Georges Bizet, opens in Paris, France.

1913: A gender war erupts in Washington, D.C., when 5,000 suffragists led by Alice Paul, are treated to abuse by crowds of scornful men. Some 40 people are wounded in the clash.

1931: The United States Senate makes the song "Star-Spangled Banner,” written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, the national anthem of the United States.

1965: The motion picture The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, premieres in American movie theaters.

Born on this day

Wee Willie Keeler, professional baseball player (1872)

George Pullman, inventor (1831)

Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and teacher of the deaf (1847)

Matthew Ridgway, army officer (1895)

Jean Harlow, motion-picture actor (1911)
 
Jesus christ where are you getting this stuff? This is pretty cool though, I can see it now when hl2 is finally released "April 3, 2016" :rolleyes:
 
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