February

February 1, 1959 - Texas Instruments requested a patent for the integrated circuit

February 2, 1901 - The Army Nurse Corps was established

February 3, 1870 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to all men regardless of race - women still must wait another 50 years!

February 4, 1936 - Radium E became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically

February 5, 1922 - Reader's Digest magazine was first published

February 8, 1918 - The US armed services weekly newspaper "Stars And Stripes" was first published

February 9, 1895 - Volleyball was invented by W.G. Morgan in Massachusetts.

February 10, 2010 - Snow Day

February 11, 2010 - Snow Day

February 12, 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded.

February 15, 1903 - The first Teddy Bear was introduced in America

February 16, 1968 - The country's first 911 phone system went into service in Alabama

February 17, 1876 - Sardines were canned for the first time

February 18, 1953 - The first 3D film (Bwana Devil) opened

February 19, 1906 - Xerox was founded in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company

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