The 18th of FEBRUARY HiSTORY TiMELiNE

1745 ~ The city of Surakarta in Central Java was founded, and became the capital of the Sunanate of Surakarta Hadiningrat. 1885 ~ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published in the United States. 1911 ~ The 1st official flight with airmail took place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India, … Continue Reading ››

The 17th of FEBRUARY HiSTORY TiMELiNE

1600 ~ Giordano Bruno, the philosopher was burned alive, for heresy, at Campo de' Fiori in Rome. 1753 ~ Sweden’s calendar went from February 17th to March 1^st the following day, as they moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. 1801 ~ Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr’s electoral tie was … Continue Reading ››

Today in History for February 1st (Associated Press video)…

The 16th of FEBRUARY HiSTORY TiMELiNE

1881 – The Canadian Pacific Railway was incorporated by Act of Parliament in Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). 1899 ~ Iceland's 1st football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, was founded. 1923 ~ The burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was unsealed by Howard … Continue Reading ››

February 15th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1898: A massive explosion of unknown origin sank the battleship USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor, killing 260 of 400 American crew members aboard... | & see more about history on this day in the video… 

February 14th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 278A.D: Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed on the 14th February 278 A.D., under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, who was having a difficulties getting soldiers to join his military leagues. Claudius believed that Roman men … Continue Reading ››

February 13th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1633: Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun... | & see more about history on this day in the video… 

February 12th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 2002: Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial at The Hague, Netherlands, on charges of genocide and war crimes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo... | & see more about history on this day in the video… 

February 11th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1990: Nelson Mandela the leader of the movement to end South African apartheid, was released from prison after 27 years... | & see more about history on this day in the video… 

February 10th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1996: World chess champion Gary Kasparov lost the 1st game of a 6 game match against Deep Blue, the IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million moves per second.  Kasparov beat Deep Blue in the match with 3 wins and 2 ties, taking home $400,000 … Continue Reading ››

February 9th ~ This Day in History video by History.com ~ 1971: Pitcher Leroy "Satchel" Paige became the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame... | & see more about history on this day in the video…