[jennyjenjen]

February 21, 1953
Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule

Score: 5

[Infy]

February 21, 1947 – In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.

My history score: 2 [Set 6]

[Alessa9]

Feb. 17, 1461
Wars of the Roses: Second Battle of St Albans - Lancastrian army defeats Yorkists and recapture King Henry VI.

Feb. 18, 1503
Henry Tudor (later Henry VIII) created Prince of Wales.

Feb. 19, 1700
Last day of Julian calendar in Denmark.

Feb. 20, 1811
Austria declares bankruptcy.

Feb. 21, 1792
US Congress passes Presidential Succession Act.

Score: 7

[pspstacy]

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[Alessa9]

Feb. 22, 1900
Hawaii becomes a US territory.

Feb. 23, 1945
US Marines raise American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. Photo of which by Joe Rosenthall later became iconic, inspiring the Marine Corps War Memorial sculpture.

Feb. 24, 2008
Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years.

Feb. 25, 2011
French fashion house Christian Dior suspends its chief designer John Galliano after he is arrested for an anti-semitic verbal attack in Paris.

Score: 4

[XiLeXi]

February 22, 2017 Jay-Z becomes 1st rapper to be inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame alongside Max Martin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
February 23, 1999 Hip Hop artist Eminem releases his first major record album 'The Slim Shady LP' (Grammy 2000 - Rap album)
February 24, 2010 Sachin Tendulkar scores the first double century in One Day International cricket
February 25, 1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me"
score 7

[accountant1usa]

February 22, 1948 Arab terrorist attack in Jerusalem, 50 die

February 23,1903 US leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba for $4,000 a year; the checks have not been cashed since 1959

February 24, 1865 The Confederate Senate votes down the bill to put “200,000 negroes in the army”

February 25, 1950 The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India as Chinese occupy his country


Set: XXIX
Score: 1

[jennyjenjen]

Feb 22, 1920
1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville, California)

Feb 23, 1941
Plutonium was first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg

Feb 24, 1938
Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles

Feb 25, 1859
1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence

Score: 2

[BrightEyes4evr]

Feb 22, 1907 1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London

Feb 23, 1896 Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield

Feb 24, 1857 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government

Feb 25, 1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 marks

Score 4

Feb 22, 1630
- Native Amerian Indians introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving.

Feb 23, 1540
- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition sets off from Mexico in search of the 7 cities of Cibola.

Feb 24, 1208
- St Francis of Assisi, 26, received his vocation in Portiuncula, Italy.

Feb 25, 1836
- Samuel Colt patents first revolving barrel multi-shot firearm.

My History Score: 6

[9trogue]

February 22, 1979
St. Lucia gains independence from Britain

February 23, 1970
Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)

February 24, 1979
Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500 Stamford, Texas

February 25, 1990
Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas

Set 34
My history score: 7

[oaktown]

Feb 22, 1819
Spain signs a treaty with the United States ceding eastern Florida

Feb 23, 1574
The 5th War of Religion breaks out in France

Feb 24, 1538
Ferdinand of Habsburg and John Zapolya, the two kings of Hungary, conclude the peace of Grosswardein.

Feb 25, 1642
Dutch settlers slaughter lower Hudson Valley Indians in New Netherland, North America, who sought refuge from Mohawk attackers.

Score: 6

[LadyNimue]

Feb 22 1945 - Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen liberated

Feb 23 1978 - Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays using Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as the propellant, believed to be damaging to earth's ozone layer

Feb 24 1949 - SS police chief in the Netherlands Hanns Albin Rauter's request for a pardon denied, executed by firing squad

Feb 25 1959 - 1st transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301)

Score : 4

[yousofine]

February 22, 1962
Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record with 34 free throw attempts

February 23, 1975
In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.

February 24, 1997
South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp

February 25, 2018
Winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold

My history score: 7 + 3

[goldie0608]

February 22, 1926 - Pope Pius XI rejects Mussolini‘s offer of aid to the Vatican.

February 23, 1954 - Mass innoculation begins as Salk’s polio vaccine is given to children for first time.

February 24, 1821 - Mexico gains independence from Spain.

February 25, 1815 - Napoleon leaves his exile on the island of Elba, returning to France.


Score - 7