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National Freedom Day. National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later was ratified as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Lincoln signed the Amendment abolishing slavery on February 1, 1865, although it was not ...
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.
28. 29. Events. 1790 – In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time. 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the ...
Time: 04:42 UTC Date: May 7. 1790 – In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States attempts to convene for the first time. 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Negro History Week (1926) The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week". [ 10] This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of ...
February. February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 in leap years, with the 29th day being called the leap day. It is the first of five months not to have 31 days (the other four being April, June, September, and November) and the only one to have fewer than 30 days.
2015 (Monday) February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 332 days remain until the end of the year (333 in leap years ).
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