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…
February 8th ~ This Day in History video by History.com~ 1943: Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American victory paved the way for other Allied wins in the Solomon Islands... | & see more about history on this day in the the video…
Today in History for February 4th (Associated Press video)…
The 4th of FEBRUARY HiSTORY TiMELiNE
1169 ~ An earthquake hit Sicily, on the Ionian coast, causing tens of thousands of casualties, mostly in Catania.
1488 ~ Bartolomeu Dias commanded the 1st European expedition to South Africa and the Indian Ocean.
1555 ~ John Rogers … Continue Reading ››
