Feb 19, 1974 – KISS made their TV debut on “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert.” 
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Feb 18, 1564 – The artist Michelangelo died in Rome. 
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Feb 17, 1933 – Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead three years after Chic Young’s popular strip first debuted.

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Feb 16, 1848 – Frédéric Chopin plays his final Paris concert.

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Feb 15, 1958 – “The Dick Clark Show” debuted on ABC-TV. Connie Francis, Pat Boone and Jerry Lee Lewis were the first performers to appear on the show.

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Feb 14, 1778 – The Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger. 
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Feb 13, 1965 – Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY. 
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Feb 12, 1879 – The first artificial ice rink opened in North America. It was at Madison Square Garden in New York City, NY.

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Feb 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

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Feb 10, 1956 – Little Richard recorded “Long Tall Sally”.
