February

February 2 - 1949 The first 45 RPM record is released

February 3 - 1690 the first paper money in America is issued in the colony of Massachuettes

February 4 - 1783 England agrees to end hostilities against the US

February 5 - 1936 Charlie Chaplin releases the last movie of the silent film era, Modern Times

February 6 - 1969 The US population reaches 200 million

February 9 - 1964 the Beatles make their first appearence on the Ed Sullivan Show

February 10 -  1863 The Fire Extinguisher is patented by Alanson Crane

February 11 - 1809 Robert Fulton patented the Steam boat

February 12 - 1809 Abraham Lincoln is born - 1909 Lincoln't birthday is declared a national holiday

February 13 - 1943 The Women's Marine Corps is created

February 16 - 1923 The burial vault of King Tutankhamen's tomb is unsealed in Egypt

February 17 - 1933 Newsweek magazine begins publication

February 18 - 1884 The Mark Twain classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is published in the US

February 19 - 1913 Prizes are included in Cracker Jack candy boxes for the first time

February 24 - 1857 First perforated postage stamps delivered to the government

February 25 - 1913 the 16th Amendment is ratified, authorizing income tax

February 26 - 1930 The first red and green traffic lights are installed in NYC

February 27 - 1963 Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees signed a baseball contract worth $100,000