FEBRUARY 18
Eddy Pastore was born.
1885 - “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain was published.
1953 - First 3D film “Bwana Devil” premieres in NYC.
FEBRUARY 19
Heather Leonard was born.
Jeannemarie Morris was born.
1878 - Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).
1968 - The first nationwide broadcast of “Mr. Roger's Neighborhood” aired on PBS.
FEBRUARY 20
Dan Mundy Sr. was born.
Jennifer Herold was born.
1895 - Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.
1962 - John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.
FEBRUARY 21
Jen Lawler Hullah was born.
Maryjo Carnacchio was born.
1878 - The first telephone book was issued (New Haven, Conn.).
1965 - Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated.
FEBRUARY 22
Mairead Gurry was born.
1879 - Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.
1935 - Airplanes were no longer permitted to fl y over the White House.
FEBRUARY 23
Paddy Tubz was born.
Sonny Livingston was born.
Brian Cori was born.
Michael Thomas Gurry was born.
1945 - U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.
1997 - Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.
FEBRUARY 24
Peter McFadden was born.
Marvin Eisenstadt was born.
1821 - Mexico declared its independence from Spain.
1980 - The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.
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