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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement . [ s 3] Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators at Washington Arsenal. 7 July 1865. Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C., United States. [ s 1] Portrait of Sir John Herschel.
February 1: Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland; the Fajr decade begins in Iran; Black History Month begins in Canada and the United States. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. 1329 – The Teutonic Knights successfully besieged the hillfort of Medvėgalis in Samogitia, Lithuania, and baptised the defenders in the Catholic rite.
February 12: Red Hand Day; Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2024) Edvard Munch's The Scream. 1691 – A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII. 1924 – George Gershwin 's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.
1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide. 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan : Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan . 2002 – The Envisat environmental satellite successfully launches aboard an Ariane 5 rocket to reach an orbit of 800 km (500 mi) above the Earth, which was the then-largest ...
Sant Soyarabai (c. 14th century), Marathi literature. Sarada Devi (22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920) Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002) Sathya Sai Baba (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) Satnarayan Maharaj (born 1931), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and son-in-law of Bhadase Sagan Maraj.
Ellen Stratton (1959) June Cochran (1962) Donna Michelle (1963) Jo Collins (1964) Terri Welles (1980) Karen Velez (1984) India Allen (1987) Victoria Silvstedt (1996)
1920 – The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history. [6] [7] [8] 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany. 1939 – The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
February 22, 2023 at 1:00 PM. Jennifer Aniston Celebrates 54th Birthday With PicGregg DeGuire - Getty Images. Jennifer Aniston recently celebrated her 54th birthday. The star commemorated the ...