This Week in History

FEBRUARY 5

John Cori was born.

Terence O’Rourke was born.

Cody Ritter was born.

Jeanne Cook was born.

1917 – Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over

President Wilson’s veto.

1952 – New York adopted three-colored traffic lights.

FEBRUARY 6

Tracey Greene McCormick was born

Matt Long was born.

Maureen Marotta was born.

Kerri Bringslid was born.

Robert Chi was born.

Tracey Greene was born.

1935 – The board game Monopoly went on sale for the first time.

1952 – Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

FEBRUARY 7

Barbara Morris was born.

Robbie Salmon was born.

1964 – The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time.

1971 – Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.

FEBRUARY 8

Bob Gandley was born.

Jack Gordon was born.

1870 – The National Weather Service was established.

1910 – The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated.

FEBRUARY 9 

William “The Boss” Edwards was born.

John Henley was born.

1861- Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.

FEBRUARY 10 

Kenny Good was born.

Heather McElhinney was born.

Matt Finley was born.

1942 – Glenn Miller received the first-ever gold record for selling a million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”

1996 – IBM’s computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.

FEBRUARY 11 

Joanne Smith was born.

Michael McGee was born.

Chickie Belford was born.

Ryan Schwach was born.

1809 – Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

2012 – Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in LA, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.

FEBRUARY 12 

Ryan Olsen was born

1973 – The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam War took place.

1999 – The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction.