Spacetime for the week of 2/14/07
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By Ed Bushnell
February 14
1803 – Moses Coats patents the apple parer!
1912 – Arizona becomes the 48th State.
1920 – The League of Women Voters forms in Chicago.
February 15
399 – Socrates is sentenced to death.
1895 – Nine inches of snow falls on New Orleans.
1903 – The first teddy bear in the U.S. is introduced.
February 16
1991 – Tonya Harding wins the US Female Figure Skating Championship; Nancy Kerrigan wails, “why?”
1992 – The LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson’s #32 uniform.
1997 – Jeff Gordon, 25, becomes the youngest winner in Daytona 500 history.
February 17
1801 – The U.S. House breaks the electoral college tie and appoints Jefferson President over Burr.
1913 – The first minimum wage law in the U.S. takes effect in Oregon.
1937 – Newsweek publishes its first issue.
February 18
102 B.C. – The origin of India’s Kali Era.
1861 – Confederate President Jefferson Davies is inaugurated in Montgomery, Ala.
2001 – Dale Earnhardt, 49, dies in a car crash at the Daytona 500.
February 19
1981 – George Harrison is found guilty of “subconsciously plagiarizing”
the song “He’s so Fine” for his hit “My Sweet Lord.” He is ordered to
pay $587,000 in fines.
1985 – Cherry Coke is introduced; “New Coke” to follow in a few months.
1985 – Mickey Mouse is introduced in China.
February 20
1816 – Rossini’s opera “The Barber of Seville” premieres in Rome.
1974 – Cher files for divorce from Sonny Bono.
1992 – Ross Perot announces on “Larry King Live” that he’s running for President.
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