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Today is Tuesday, February 10, 2026

The History of Today

1763 - The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England.

1863 - In New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married.

1863 - The fire extinguisher was patented by Alanson Crane.

1920 - Major league baseball representatives outlawed pitches that involve tampering with the ball.

1933 - The singing telegram was introduced by the Postal Telegraph Company of New York City.

1978 - Van Halen's debut album was released
 
10 February 1960:

Delta Air Lines’ Superintendant of Flight Operations, Captain Thomas Prioleau Ball, Jr., made the delivery flight of Delta’s first Convair 880 jet airliner, Ship 902, named Delta Queen, FAA registration N8802E, from San Diego, California, to Miami, Florida. Other members of the flight crew were Captain James H. Longino, co-pilot, and First Officer Richard E. Tidwell, flight engineer.

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Today is Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The History of Today

1812 - The term "gerrymandering" had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.

1937 - General Motors agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union, thereby ending the current sit-down strike against them.

1945 - During World War II, the Yalta Agreement was signed by U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

1963 - The Beatles recorded "Twist & Shout" and "I Saw Her Standing There."

1979 - The TV movie "Elvis," with Kurt Russell, aired on ABC.

1982 - ABC-TV’s presentation of "The Winds of War" concluded. The 18-hour miniseries cost $40 million to produce and was the most-watched television program in history at the time
 
Today is Thursday, February 12, 2026

The History of Today

1733 - Savannah, GA, was founded by English colonist James Oglethorpe.

1870 - In the Utah Territory, women gained the right to vote.

1892 - In the U.S., President Lincoln's birthday was declared to be a national holiday.

1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

1915 - The cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, DC.

1998 - A U.S. federal judge declared that the presidential line-item veto was unconstitutional.
 
TLOC said:
The term "gerrymandering" had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.
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I've seen, heard, and read the term "gerrymandering" countless times. I never knew where it came from. I simply thought of it as "dirty pool"
migalyto said:
free elections.
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“It’s not the people who vote that count; it’s the people who count the votes.”

Most researchers trace the line to Boris Bazhanov, (not Rocky and Bullwinkle's nemisis) Stalin’s former secretary, who defected in 1928.In his memoirs, he paraphrased Stalin’s attitude toward elections, but even he didn’t present it as a direct quote.
 
Kusojiji said:
The judge must've been a lobbyist. I don't know how one judge can overturn the vote of the people - different case.
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Forty-four out of the fifty U.S. states grant their governors some form of line-item veto power. This allows governors to cancel specific provisions of a bill, typically in budget appropriations, without vetoing the entire bill. Wisconsin allows the Governor tremendous latitude in line item vetoes but usually legislators overturn the veto. Especially when different parties. Always fun here up in Wisconsin
 


Today is Sunday, February 15, 2026

The History of Today

1764 - The city of St. Louis was established.

1879 - President Hayes signed a bill that allowed female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.

1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "The Guy Lombardo Show" on CBS radio.

1933 - U.S. President-elect Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack.

1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.

1965 - Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag. The flag was to replace the old Red Ensign standard
 
Feb 18, 1996

World chess champion Garry Kasparov triumphed over IBM's Deep Blue computer on this day in 1996. The two were competing in a six-round tournament to determine whether a machine could defeat a human in chess. The answer was yes—Kasparov had lost the first game of the tournament, a moment he described as “shattering”—but Kasparov battled back for the overall win, scoring three victories and two draws. “I could figure out its priorities and adjust my play,” he later explained. “It couldn't do the same to me.”

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Today is Tuesday, February 17, 2026

The History of Today

1801 - The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Jefferson was elected president and Burr became vice president.

1933 - "Newsweek" was first published.

1933 - Blondie Boopadoop married Dagwood Bumstead three years after Chic Young’s popular strip first debuted.

1934 - The first high school automobile driver’s education course was introduced in State College, PA.

1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that congressional districts within each state had to be approximately equal in population. (Westberry V. Sanders)
 


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