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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Feb 5, 1846 – “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast.
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Feb 3, 1918 – The Twin Peaks Tunnel began service. It is the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet.
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Feb 2, 1653 – New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated.
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Feb 1, 1862 – “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the “Atlantic Monthly.”
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Jan 31, 1936 – The radio show “The Green Hornet” debuted.
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Jan 30, 1933 – “The Lone Ranger” was heard on radio for the first time. The program ran for 2,956 episodes and ended in 1955.
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