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Mar 2, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.

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Mar 1, 1803: Ohio became the 17th state in the United States.

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Feb 28, 1953: James Watson and Francis Crick described their theory that two DNA strands were coiled in a double helix.

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Feb 26, 1919: Grand Canyon National Park was established.

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Feb 25, 1836: Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

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Feb 24, 1803: The Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.

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Feb 23, 1896: The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.

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Feb 22, 1879: Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.

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Feb 21, 1878: The first telephone book was issued (New Haven, Conn.).

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Feb 20, 1962: John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth.

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Feb 19, 1878: Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

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Feb 18, 1953: The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, opened in New York.

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Feb 17, 1817: Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.

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Feb 16, 1918: Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.

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Feb 15, 1898: USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.

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Feb 14, 1859: Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.

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Feb 13, 1867: Johann Strauss's Blue Danube waltz premiered in Vienna.

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Feb 12, 1554: Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.

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Feb 11, 1809: Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

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Feb 10, 1837: Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.

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