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February 11, 1889: The Meiji Constitution is promulgated. During...
February 11, 1889: The Meiji Constitution is promulgated.During the reign of Emperor Meiji, which lasted from 1867 to 1912, Japan was transformed from an isolated, shogunate-ruled nation into an...
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African-American workers collect the bones of soldiers killed at...
African-American workers collect the bones of soldiers killed at the Battle of Cold Harbor, April 1865.Library of Congress
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February 12, 1946: Isaac Woodard, a World War II veteran, is...
February 12, 1946: Isaac Woodard, a World War II veteran, is beaten by police.Sergeant Isaac Woodard was an African-American soldier who had served in the Pacific Theater before being honorably...
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February 12, 1809: Charles Darwin is born. …from the war...
February 12, 1809: Charles Darwin is born.…from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals,...
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February 13, 1945: Air raids over Dresden by the USAAF and RAF...
February 13, 1945: Air raids over Dresden by the USAAF and RAF begin.The infamous Allied bombing of the German city of Dresden took place only months before the end of the war in Europe. Like Tokyo,...
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Theodor Rosenhauer paints the ruins of Dresden’s Japanese...
Theodor Rosenhauer paints the ruins of Dresden’s Japanese Palace after Allied bombing raids destroyed the city, February 1945. Deustche Fotothek
View ArticleFebruary 14, 1778: Fernando Sor is born. Study in B minor, Op....
February 14, 1778: Fernando Sor is born.Study in B minor, Op. 35, No. 22, played by Per-Olov Kindgren
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February 14, 1818: Frederick Douglass is born. In actuality...
February 14, 1818: Frederick Douglass is born.In actuality Douglass, like many slaves, did not know the exact date of his birthday (not even the year); instead, he chose to celebrate it on February 14....
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A Polish girl mourns her sister, who was killed by German...
A Polish girl mourns her sister, who was killed by German machine-gun fire as she picked potatoes outside Warsaw during the German invasion of Poland, September 1939. AP Photo
View ArticleI’m off to the snow for winter break for a few days. Have a nice...
I’m off to the snow for winter break for a few days. Have a nice President’s Day weekend, everyone.
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Children at the Tule Lake Relocation Center/Tule Lake...
Children at the Tule Lake Relocation Center/Tule Lake Segregation Center in Newell, California, play with a scale model of their own barracks, September 1942. National Archives
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Building the Berlin Wall, August 1961. AP Photo
Building the Berlin Wall, August 1961.AP Photo
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February 19, 1942: Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order...
February 19, 1942: Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 9066. The order provided for the designation of military areas (to be decided by the Secretary of War and commanders of the U.S. armed...
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An American emerges from his family’s fallout shelter in...
An American emerges from his family’s fallout shelter in Medford, Massachusetts wearing protective clothing and carrying a geiger counter, October 1961. AP Photo
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February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated. Many will ask...
February 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated.Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain - and we will smile. Many will say turn away - away from this...
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February 22, 1943: Members of the White Rose are executed. The...
February 22, 1943: Members of the White Rose are executed.The White Rose (die Weiße Rose) was one of the most famous anti-Nazi resistance groups working within the borders of the Third Reich; their...
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February 24, 1920: The Nazi Party is founded. The original Nazi...
February 24, 1920: The Nazi Party is founded.The original Nazi Party was founded in 1919 as the German Workers’ Party (DAP), shortly after the end of the first World War. Initial membership was only a...
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A Japanese soldier stands at a captured portion of the Great...
A Japanese soldier stands at a captured portion of the Great Wall of China toward the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937. Library of Congress
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February 26, 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des...
February 26, 1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari) is released.This highly influential silent film, directed by Robert Wiene, was one of the early works of the short-lived...
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