This Week in History

FEBRUARY 20

Dan Mundy Sr. was born.

1895 – Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, author, and orator, died.

1962 – John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

FEBRUARY 21

Jen Hullah was born

Judy Lindner was born

Nancy Moran was born

Lauren Chiffriller was born.

1878 – The first telephone book was issued (New Haven, Conn.).

1965 – Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated.

FEBRUARY 22

1879 – Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first “Five Cent Store” in Utica, New York.

1935 – Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.

FEBRUARY 23

Paddy Tubz was born.

Sonny Livingston was born.

Brian Cori was born.

1945 – U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.

1997 – Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.

FEBRUARY 24

Peter McFadden was born.

Marvin Eisenstadt was born.

1821 – Mexico declared its independence from Spain.

1980 – The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.

FEBRUARY 25

Briege McGarrity was born.

1570 – Elizabeth I, queen of England, was excommunicated by Pope Pius V.

1964 – Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

FEBRUARY 26

Major James G. McKeon, Esq. was born.

Steph Norton was born.

Suzanne Corrigan was born.

Laura Reynolds Bean was born.

Kerry Gallagher was born.

1919 – Grand Canyon National Park was established.

1993 – A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. Th e blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.