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FEBRUARY 2
Sandy Livingston was born.
Denise Auerbach was born.
Joe Fox was born.
1887 - The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
1943 - Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
FEBRUARY 3
Anthony George was born.
Jeanne Jamin was born.
1870 - The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.
1959 - Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash.
FEBRUARY 4
Kathleen Kuhn was born.
Kevin McVeigh was born.
Thomas O’Callaghan was born.
Frankie Cullen was born.
Mike Lee was born.
Robert Kaskel was born.
Marie Murphy was born.
1789 - George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.
2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that gays had the right to marry.
FEBRUARY 5
Jeanne Cook was born.
John Cori was born.
Terence O’Rourke was born.
Cody Ritter was born.
1917 - Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto.
1952 - New York adopts three-colored traffic lights.
February 6
Matt Long was born.
Maureen Marotta was born.
Kerri Bringslid was born.
Robert Chi was born.
Tracey Greene was born.
1935 - The board game Monopoly went on sale for the first time.
1952 - Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.
FEBRUARY 7
Barbara Morris was born.
1964 - The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time.
1971 - Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.
February 8
Bob Gandley was born.
Jack Gordon was born.
1870 - The National Weather Service was established.
1910 – The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated.
