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2000
2000
Last original Peanuts strip
The final original Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz ran in newspapers, one day after Schulz’s death
February 13 National 0
2000
2000
Last original Peanuts strip
The final original Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz ran in newspapers, one day after Schulz’s death
February 13 National 0
1945
1945
Dresden firebombing
Allied (British and U.S.) planes began a massive firebombing of Dresden, Germany, that lasted into Feb. 14, creating a firestorm that destroyed much of the historic city and killed an estimated 25,000 people
February 13 National 1
1945
1945
Dresden firebombing
Allied (British and U.S.) planes began a massive firebombing of Dresden, Germany, that lasted into Feb. 14, creating a firestorm that destroyed much of the historic city and killed an estimated 25,000 people
February 13 National 1
1633
1633
Galileo arrives for trial
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, having been summoned by the Inquisition, reached Rome to face charges of heresy for his support of the heliocentric theory that Earth orbits the Sun
February 13 National 0
1633
1633
Galileo arrives for trial
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, having been summoned by the Inquisition, reached Rome to face charges of heresy for his support of the heliocentric theory that Earth orbits the Sun
February 13 National 1
1989
1989
Iranian fatwa against Salman Rushdie
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (religious decree) calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers, over the novel The Satanic Verses, which many Muslims found blasphemous
February 14 National 1
1989
1989
Iranian fatwa against Salman Rushdie
Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (religious decree) calling for the death of British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers, over the novel The Satanic Verses, which many Muslims found blasphemous
February 14 National 1
1946
1946
ENIAC unveiled
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), one of the world’s first general-purpose electronic computers, was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania
February 14 National 0
1946
1946
ENIAC unveiled
The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), one of the world’s first general-purpose electronic computers, was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania
February 14 National 0
1929
1929
St
Valentine’s Day Massacre. Seven men, members of Bugs Moran’s gang, were gunned down in a Chicago garage by assassins allegedly sent by Al Capone’s mob, some dressed as police
February 14 National 2
1929
1929
St
Valentine’s Day Massacre. Seven men, members of Bugs Moran’s gang, were gunned down in a Chicago garage by assassins allegedly sent by Al Capone’s mob, some dressed as police
February 14 National 1
1965
1965
Canada’s Maple Leaf flag raised
The new national flag of Canada, bearing the red maple leaf, was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
February 15 National 1
1965
1965
Canada’s Maple Leaf flag raised
The new national flag of Canada, bearing the red maple leaf, was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
February 15 National 1
1933
1933
Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
U.S. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly avoided harm when Giuseppe Zangara fired shots at him in Miami, Florida
February 15 National 1
1933
1933
Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
U.S. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly avoided harm when Giuseppe Zangara fired shots at him in Miami, Florida
February 15 National 0
1898
1898
USS Maine explodes
The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, killing 260 crew
February 15 National 0
1898
1898
USS Maine explodes
The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, killing 260 crew
February 15 National 0
2005
2005
Kyoto Protocol in force
The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, went into effect without U.S. participation
February 16 National 0
2005
2005
Kyoto Protocol in force
The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, went into effect without U.S. participation
February 16 National 0
1959
1959
Fidel Castro becomes Cuban premier
Seven weeks after leading the Cuban Revolution to victory, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba
February 16 National 2
1959
1959
Fidel Castro becomes Cuban premier
Seven weeks after leading the Cuban Revolution to victory, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba
February 16 National 2
1923
1923
Tomb of Tutankhamun opened
Archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the inner burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
February 16 National 0
1923
1923
Tomb of Tutankhamun opened
Archaeologist Howard Carter unsealed the inner burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings
February 16 National 0