First 9-1-1 call is placed in the United States
February 16, 1968 sees the first official "911" call placed in the United States. Now taken for gran ...View More
WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning
On February 18, 2010, a relatively obscure website called WikiLeaks publishes a leaked diplomatic ca ...View More
Full U.S.-Cuba embargo is announced
On February 7, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order broadening the United State ...View More
Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport is bombed by Chechen terrorists
On January 24, 2011, a bomb explodes in the international arrivals hall of Moscow’s Domodedovo Inter ...View More
Larry Nassar, a former doctor for USA Gymnastics, is sentenced to prison for sexual assault
Larry Nassar, a former doctor at Michigan State and for USA Gymnastics, is sentenced to 40 to 175 ye ...View More
Southern Pacific Railroad completes New Orleans to California route
The Southern Pacific Railroad completes its transcontinental “Sunset Route” from New Orleans to Cali ...View More
Mass graves discovered in Hue
Allied troops who had recaptured the imperial capital of Hue from the North Vietnamese during the Te ...View More
U.S. troops recapture Philippine island of Corregidor
On February 26, an ammunition dump on the Philippine island of Corregidor is blown up by a remnant o ...View More
Americans hold a Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden
Larry Froeber/NY Daily News Archive/Getty ImagesSix and a half months before Adolf Hitler invaded Po ...View More
Florida teen Trayvon Martin is shot and killed
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African American teen walking home from a trip to a conveni ...View More
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