History & Events

Did you know that on this day, February 15, 1927, the silent movie ‘IT' was released in the US?

Did you know that on this day, February 14, 1849, a photograph of the 11th US President James Knox Polk was taken?

Did you know that on this day, February 13, 2017, Star Wars actor Harrison Ford nearly crashed his plane?

Did you know that on this day, February 12, 1870, Utah gave women the right to vote?

Did you know that on this day, February 11, 1993, Janet Reno was appointed as US Attorney General by President Clinton?

Did you know that on this day, February 10, 1996, IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue, defeated Gary Kasparov at chess?

Did you know that on this day, February 9, 1894, Hershey's Chocolate Company was founded by M. S. Hershey?

Did you know that on this day, February 8, 1968, "Planet of the Apes" hit the theaters in New York City?

Did you know that on this day, February 7, 1940, Walt Disney released their second feature length movie "Pinocchio" in NYC?

Did you know that on this day, February 6, 1894, William Painter secured a patent for the capped bottle opener?

Did you know that on this day, February 5, 1869, the world's largest golden nugget was found?

Did you know that on this day, February 4, 1962, the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all aligned?