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28 February 1844 – U.S. President John Tyler is almost killed when the newly-built war steamer USS Princeton fires one […]

From February 1864 until the end of the American Civil War (1861-65) in April 1865, Andersonville, Georgia, served as the

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the

The Colt Paterson revolver was the first commercial repeating firearm employing a revolving cylinder with multiple chambers aligned with a

Robert Larimore Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) was an American tennis champion who was the World No.

John Philip Holland, (born Feb. 29, 1840, Liscannor, County Clare, Ire.—died Aug. 12, 1914, Newark, N.J., U.S.), father of the

Chester William Nimitz (February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy. He

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島の星条旗, : Iōtō no Seijōki, lit. ‘The Flag of Stars and Stripes on

A 40-man combat patrol, led by 1st Lt. Harold G. Schrier, was the first American unit to reach the summit

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. (23 February 1915 – 1 November 2007) was a brigadier general in the United States Air