This Week in History

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 

John Henley was born.

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

1964 – The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

FEBRUARY 10 

Kenny Good was born.

Heather McElhinney 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.

1809 – Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

2012 – Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, 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 of justice.

FEBRUARY 13 

Rita Martin was born.

Eric Ulrich was born.

Chris Urciuoli was born.

Brendan Murphy was born.

1935- Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

1960 – France set off its first atomic bomb.

FEBRUARY 14 

Susanne Fallon Blum was born

Jackie Corney was born.

1929 – Members of Al Capone’s gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre.

FEBRUARY 15 

Maureen Doherty was born.

Kathleen Fraser was born.

1965 – The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.