February history 3 - 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ratified guaranteeing the right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color, or prevpous servitude (1870) 6 - King George VI of England dies; Queen Elizabeth II becomes Queen (1952) 9 - U.S. troops capture Guadacanal in the Solomon Islands (1943) 10 - France cedes Canada to England, ending the French and Indian War (1763) 14 - Matthew Brady takes the first photograph of a U.S. President in office, James Polk (1849) 19 - Internment of Japanese Americans begins (1942) 20 - John Glenn becomes the first American launched into orbit (1962) |
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February Birthdays
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