February 07 1795 The 11th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. 1904 Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore. 1926 Carter G.…
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This Day In History — Birthday of President Reagan
February 06 1788 Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union. 1804 Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died. His work on…
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This Day In History — Mexico Adopts Current Constitution
February 05 1811 After George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later George IV. 1917 Mexico adopted…
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This Day In History — Washington elected first U.S. President
February 04 1783 England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States. 1787 Shays’s Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.…
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This Day In History — Passing of the 15th Amendment
February 03 1468 Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died. 1870 The 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed. 1913 The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax,…
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This Day In History — First Celebration of Groundhog’s Day
February 02 1536 The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza. 1709 Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for…
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This Day In History — Sit-ins at Woolworth’s lunch counter
February 01 1790 The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time, in New York City. 1862 Julia Ward Howe’s poem “Battle…
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This Day In History — US launches Explorer I
January 31 1606 Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed. 1865 Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces. 1940…
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This Day In History — “Bloody Sunday”
January 30 1649 King Charles I of England was beheaded. 1933 Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany. 1948 Gandhi was assassinated. 1968 North Vietnamese…
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This Day In History — Kansas becomes 34th state to join the Union
January 29 1802 John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day. 1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven was published.…
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