Feb 25, 1963 – The Beatles released their first U.S. single “Please Please Me.”
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Feb 24, 1981 – Buckingham Palace announced the engagement of Britain’s Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
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Feb 23, 1945 – The 28th Regiment of the Fifth Marine Division of the U.S. Marines reached the top of Mount Surabachi. A photograph of these Marines raising the American flag was taken.
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Feb 22, 1860 – Organized baseball’s first game was played in San Francisco, CA.
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Feb 21, 1925 – The first issue of “The New Yorker” was published. 
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Feb 20, 1962 – John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. 
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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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