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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 6th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 6, 60 AD, in the Roman city of Pompeii, an unknown graffiti artist noted that the day was “dies Solis” (Sunday), the first known instance of being able to attach a date to a day of the week. On February 6, 1820, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America (better known as the American Colonization…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 5th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 5, 1852, the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was opened to the public. On February 5, 1869, prospectors Richard Oates and John Deason of Australia found the incredibly large alluvial gold nugget known as “Welcome Stranger,” a rock weighing almost 300 pounds! On February 5, 1909, New Yorker Leo Baekeland presented his invention of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic, to the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 4, 1555, English clergyman John Rogers became the first martyr burned at the stake under the rule of Queen Mary I of England, known better as Bloody Mary. On February 4, 1899, a war broke out between the First Philippine Republic and the US, called the Tagalog Insurgency, the Filipino-American War, and other names, that lasted until July of 1902, and continued as the Moro…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 3rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 3, 1509, the Arabian Sea portion of the Indian Ocean witnessed a naval battle that had centuries of effects on the global balance of power when a Portuguese fleet defeated a combined fleet of Asian warships at the Battle of Diu, India. On February 3, 1913, a dark day indeed for Americans, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution of the…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on February 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On February 1, 1796, the British government changed the capital of Upper Canada from Newark to York. On February 1, 1901, Clark Gable was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and would go on to movie greatness earning the nickname, “The King of Hollywood.” On February 1, 1941, the inaugural horse racing meet at Golden Gate Fields was held in Berkeley, California, United States.…