On this day …
February 14, 2015
- In 1779, James Cook was killed by natives near Kealakekua on the island of Hawaii.
- In 1849, James K. Polk became the first sitting U.S. President to have his photograph taken.
- In 1859, Oregon was admitted to the Union as the 33rd state.
- In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
- In 1912, Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state.
- In 1918, the Soviet Union finally adopted the Gregorian calendar.
- In 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation.
- In 1929, six rivals of Al Capone’s illicit organization were murdered in Chicago.
- In 1949, the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, convened for the first time.
- In 2005, YouTube was launched by three former employees of PayPal.
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