It's fun to look back over the years and see the significance of certain dates. Here's a few to check out! I was so surprised it had been so long since the last original Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip ran in newspapers!
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u 2005: Video sharing website YouTube is activated Feb. 14. u 2000: Charles Schulz's last original "Peanuts" comic strip runs in newspapers Feb. 13. u 1997: A Feb. 13 tune-up aboard a space shuttle increases the Hubble Telescope's range. u 1973: Ohio becomes the first state to post signs with metric distances on Feb. 12. u 1965: Canada debuts its new white and red maple leaf flag on Feb. 15. u 1930: The planet (now dwarf planet) Pluto is discovered Feb. 18 by Clyde Tombaugh. u 1912: Arizona is admitted Feb. 14 as the 48th State. u 1892: The USS Maine explodes and sinks Feb. 15 in Havana Harbor, killing 260. u 1876: Alexander Graham Bell files a patent application Feb. 14 for a telephone device. |
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