Archives for February 2009

This Day In History-February 11th

February 11, 2009 by Brad

Robert Fulton patented the steamboat on this day in history 1809.

February 10, 2009 by Brad

In 2005 the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.

February 9, 2009 by Brad

Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America on this day in history 1963.

February 9, 2009 by Brad

On this day in history 1587 Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded.

February 7, 2009 by Brad

Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week, which later evolved into Black History Month in the year 1926.

February 6, 2009 by Brad

The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time on this day in history 1935.

February 5, 2009 by Brad

Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison in 1994 for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.

February 4, 2009 by Brad

George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States on this day in history 1789.

February 3, 2009 by Brad

Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash on this day in history 1959.

February 2, 2009 by Brad

On this day in history 1887 the first gathering at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania to wait for the groundhog’s shadow occurred.