February 6. The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show in the United States in1843.
February 5. U.K. and U.S. sign Panama Canal Treaty, 1900.
February 4. Guadalupe Island is seized by the Royal Navy, 1810.
February 3. Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada burn down, 1916.
February 2. Chinese immigrants first arrive in San Francisco, 1848.
February 1. In the Philippines Mayon Volcano erupts, 1814.
January 31. United States Congress abolishes slavery, 1865.
January 30. Hitler sworn in as Chancellor of Germany, 1933.
January 29. First inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame announced. 1936.
