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.
50 years ago today, The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, officially introducing America to the Fab Four. Look back at the band’s historic 1964 invasion and watch rare footage from the show.
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Feb 9, 1960 – The first star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was for Joanne Woodward.
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Feb 8, 1936 – The first National Football League draft was held. Jay Berwanger was the first to be selected. He went to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Feb 7, 1882 – The last bareknuckle fight for the heavyweight boxing championship took place in Mississippi City.
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Feb 6, 1971 – NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.
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