This Week in History

FEBRUARY 19

Heather Leonard was born.

Jeannemarie Morris was born.

1878 – Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1968 – The first nationwide broadcast of “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” aired on PBS.

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 Lawler Hullah was born

Judy Jones Lindner 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

Patrick McFadden was born.

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.