This is the most pitiful blog ever. Sorry, guys....

This is the most pitiful blog ever. Sorry, guys....

February 23, 1660

Charles XI became the king of Sweden.

February 22, 1630

Quadequine introduced popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner.

February 21, 1858

The first electric burglar alarm was installed in Boston, MA.

February 20, 1792

U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act thereby creating the U.S. Post Office.



February 19, 1807

Former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Alabama. He was later tried and acquitted on charges of treason.

February 18, 1564

The artist Michelanglelo died in Rome.

February 17, 1876

Julius Wolff was credited with being the first to can sardines.

February 16, 1918

Lithuania proclaimed its independence.

February 15, 1758

Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.

February 14, 1929

The "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, IL. Seven gangsters who were rivals of Al Capone were killed.

February 13, 1542

Catherine Howard was executed for adultery. She was the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII.

February 12, 1554

Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days.

 

February 11, 1990

Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

February 10, 1763

The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.



February 9, 1895

Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan.

February 8, 1861

The Confederate States of America was formed.

February 7, 1795

The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.

February 6, 1911

The first old-age home for pioneers opened in Prescott, AZ.

February 5, 1931

Maxine Dunlap became the first woman licensed as a glider pilot.


(the only picture I could find was super tiny)

February 4, 1789

Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

February 3, 1869

Edwin Booth opened his new theatre in New York City. The first production was "Romeo and Juliet".

February 2, 1863

Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym for the first time. He is better remembered by the pseudonym which is Mark Twain.

February 1, 1788

Isaac Briggs and William Longstreet patented the steamboat.

January 31, 1865

The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. It was ratified by the necessary number of states on December 6, 1865. The amendment abolished slavery in the United States.

January 30, 1649

England's King Charles I was beheaded.

January 29, 1854

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" was published for the first time in the "New York Evening Mirror."

January 28, 1807

London's Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight.

Also :

1521 - The Diet of Worms began, at which Protestant reformer Luther was declared an outlaw by the Roman Catholic church.

1547 - England's King Henry VIII died. He was succeeded by his 9 year-old son, Edward VI.

1878 - The first telephone switchboard was installed in New Haven, CT.

1878 - "The Yale News" was published for the first time. It was the first, daily, collegiate newspaper in the U.S.

1909 - The United States ended direct control over Cuba.



January 27, 1926

John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television.

January 26, 1784

In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey.

January 25, 1870

G.D. Dows patented the ornamental soda fountain.



Also on this day:

1533 - England's King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife Anne Boleyn. Boleyn later gave birth to Elizabeth I.

January 24, 1848

James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.

January 23, 1983

"The A-Team" debuted on TV.

January 22, 1984

Apple introduced the Macintosh during the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII.

January 21, 1846

The first issue of the "Daily News," edited by Charles Dickens, was published.

January 20, 1885

 The roller coaster was patented by L.A. Thompson.

January 19, 1953

Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.

January 18, 1939

 Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded "Jeepers Creepers."

January 17, 1806

James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.

January 16, 1547

 Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.

January 15, 1559

England's Queen Elizabeth I (Elizabeth Tudor) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

January 14, 1639

Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders," was adopted.

January 13, 1854

Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.

January 12, 1966

"Batman" debuted on ABC-TV.

January 11, 1770

The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.

January 10, 1776

Thomas Paine published his pamphlet "Common Sense."

January 9, 1317

Phillip V, the Tall, was crowned king of France.

January 8, 1598

Genoa Italy expels Jews

January 7, 1782

1st U.S. commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia

 

January 6, 1540

King Henry VIII of England was married to Anne of Cleves, his fourth wife

Anne of Cleves