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On February 3, 1961, in New York, Bob Dylan made his first recording, taping "San Francisco Bay Blues"...
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On February 4, 1974, John Lennon and Yoko Ono temporarily separated...
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Also on Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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On February 5, 1967, due to a Musicians' Union ban, the Rolling Stones were not allowed to play their hit "Let's Spend the Night Together" when they appeared on an ITV show...
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Also on Feb. 5, 1937, President Roosevelt proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics charged Roosevelt was attempting to "pack" the court.
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On February 6, 1990, Billy Idol broke several bones in a serious motorcycle accident. As a result he could not appear in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" in a major role...
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On February 7, 1979, Stephen Stills became the first rock performer to record on digital equipment in Los Angeles' Record Plant Studio...
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On Feb. 8th, 1815 U.S. forces led by Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.
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Also on February 8, 1969, the announcement of the formation of the band "Blind Faith" was made...
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On Feb. 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an American victory over Japanese forces
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Also on February 9, 1964, the Beatles made the first of three record-breaking appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show." 73 million people watched the show. It was their American TV debut...
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On February 10, 1993, Michael Jackson granted his first interview in 15 years to Oprah Winfrey. In the interview, Jackson claimed that he has a disorder that destroys the pigmentation of the skin and that he had had very little plastic surgery...
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Also on Feb. 10, 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.
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On February 11, 1986, the single "Superbowl Shuffle" by the Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew was certified gold by the RIAA..
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Also on Feb. 11, 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II
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On Feb. 12, 1973, the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict took place
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Also on February 12, 1956, Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded "I Put a Spell On You..."
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On February 13, 1972, Led Zeppelin was forced to cancel a concert in Singapore when officials wouldn't let them off the plane because of their long hair...
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On February 14, 1970, The Who taped a concert at Leeds University in Leeds, England, for their forthcoming album, "Live at Leeds..."
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On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members and escalating tensions with Spain.
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Also on February 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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On February 16, 1971, Alan David Pasaro sued the Rolling Stones charging them with invasion of privacy. The charge stemmed from the footage of a stabbing in the film "Gimme Shelter." Pasaro was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death...
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On February 17, 1972, Pink Floyd began a 4-night stand in London. During the stand they premiered "The Dark Side of the Moon" a full year before it was released...
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On February 18, 1968, David Gimour replaced Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd. Barret had checked himself into a psychiatric hospital and then gone into seclusion...
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On February 18, 1937, Giant Hamburger's mother was born.
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On February 19, 1972, Paul McCartney released "Give Ireland Back to the Irish." The song was immediately banned by the BBC...
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On February 20, 1974, Cher filed for separation from husband Sonny Bono. She filed for divorce not long afterwards. They had been married for 10 years...
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On February 21, 1970, the Jackson 5 made their TV debut on "American Bandstand..."
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On February 22, 1986, MTV aired 22 hours of the Monkees TV episodes in celebration of their 20th anniversary as a group...
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Also on Feb. 22, 1980, in a stunning upset, the United States Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid, N.Y., 4-to-3. (The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.)
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On Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh.
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Also on February 23, 1970, Ringo Starr guest starred on "Laugh-In." It was his first solo TV appearance...
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On February 24, 1836- Alamo defenders call for help in San Antonio, Texas, Colonel William Travis issues a call for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo
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Also on February 24, 1956, in Cleveland, OH, police invoked a 1931 ordinance barring people under the age of 18 from dancing in public unless accompanied by an adult...
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On Feb. 25, 1870, Hiram R. Revels, R-Miss., became the first black member of the United States Senate as he was sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis.
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Also on February 25, 2000, it was announced that Britney Spears would be releasing her own brand of bubble gum, "Britney Spears CD Bubble Gum", in March of 2000...
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On February 26, 1965, Jimmy Page released his first solo single, "She Just Satisfies..."
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Also on Feb. 26, 1993, a bomb exploded in the garage of New York's World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.
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On February 27, 1998, Vince Neil of Motley Crue announced an agreement with Internet Entertainment Group and Vivid Video to distribute a 60-minute home video of him having sex with two adult film models in Hawaii...
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On February 28, 1970, Led Zeppelin performed as the Nobs in Denmark after the family of Ferdinand von Zeppelin threatened a lawsuit...
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