February 14
1779 James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii.
1819 Christopher Sholes, American inventor who developed the typewriter, was born.
1894 Jack Benny, Comedian, was born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Ill.
1929 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre took place in a Chicago garage as seven rivals of Al Capone's gang were gunned down.
February 15
1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and mathematician, was born in Pisa.
1797 Henry Steinway, German born American piano builder, was born.
1946 ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, was formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1954 Canada and the United States agreed to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
1965 Nat King Cole, American singer and musician, died.
1965 Canada's new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa.
February 16
1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur led a successful raid into Tripoli harbor to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia, which had fallen into the hands of pirates.
1903 Edgar Bergen, American vantriloquist and comedian, was born.
1923 The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
1937 Wallace H. Carothers, a research chemist for Du Pont, received a patent for nylon.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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