Birth of Eubie Blake
Happy Birthday to pianist and composer Eubie Blake. He’s most well-known for his work on the musical “Shuffle Along” and the songs “Charleston Rag” and “I’m Just Wild About Harry.”
This Day in History
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First U.S. Aerial Victory
On February 5, 1918, US pilot Stephen W. Thompson shot down a German aircraft, making him the first person in the American military to shoot down an enemy plane.
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First U.S. Winter Olympics
The third Winter Olympic Games open in Lake Placid, New York. They were the first games held in the US and showed the world that the US could host the games as well as European nations.
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The Battle of Manila
The WWII Battle of Manila begins. It was the first and most violent urban fighting of the war in the Pacific, but the Allies were victorious.
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Convention on Wetlands
On February 2, 1971, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, also known as the Convention on Wetlands, was signed in Ramsar, Iran.
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Happy Birthday Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1901, in Joplin, Missouri.
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Birth of Martín Ramírez
Artist Martín Ramírez was born on January 30, 1895, in Rincón de Velázquez, Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
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The Seeing Eye
On January 29, 1929, The Seeing Eye, the oldest guide dog school in the US, was established.
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Happy Birthday, Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern was born on January 27, 1885, in New York City, New York.
