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2. 1 st February 1790 Chief Justice John Jay presides over the first meeting of the Supreme Court of the United States in New York City.

3. 2 nd February 1922 James Joyce'sJames Joyce's Ulysses was published.

4. 3 rd February 1995 Col. Eileen CollinsCol. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.

5. 4 th February 1998 = Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium +

6. 5 th February 1994 Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.Medgar EversMississippi

7. 6 th February 1971 Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today. Alan B. Shepard

8. 7 th February 1904 Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore.Baltimore

9. 8 th February 1924 The gas chamber was used for the first time as a method of execution in the United States. Gangster Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.method of execution in the United States

10. 9 th February 1964 The BeatlesThe Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

11. 10 th February 2005 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.Arthur Miller

12. 11 th February 1809 Robert FultonRobert Fulton patented the steamboat.

13. 12 th February 1999 The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. President Clinton

14. 13 th February 1866 The gang that included Jesse James and Cole Younger committed their first bank robbery in Liberty, Mo.Jesse JamesCole Younger

15. 14 th February 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House

16. 15 th February 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die

17. 16 th February 1919 Prohibition, the legal ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drink, goes into effect

18. 17 th February 1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album (never released)

19. 18 th February 1953 The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.

20. 19 th February 1968 The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.

21. 20 th February 1962 John GlennJohn Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

22. 21 st February 1885 Washington Monument dedicated in Washington D.C.

23. 22 nd February 1924 Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

24. 23 rd February 1896 The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.

25. 24 th February 1920 Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.

26. 25 th February 1964 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.world heavyweight boxing championSonny Liston

27. 26 th February 1870 1st New York City subway line opens (pneumatic powered)

28. 27 th February 1984 Michael Jackson's head catches on fire while filming an ad for Pepsi.

29. 28 th February 1983 The final episode of M*A*S*H aired. It was the most watched television program in history.

30. 29 February 1956 Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan