Firsts
This first President was elected unanimously on February 4th, 1789.
Who is George Washington?
This man was the first African-American to win a Nobel Peace Prize. He famously had "a dream" of black and white children holding hands in his 1963 March on Washington speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Presidents day is in February to celebrate perhaps the 2 most famous Presidents. This first man's birthday is February 22nd, 1732 and this second man's birthday is February 12th, 1809. They both helped the nation through wars and are on our currency.
Who is George Washington & Abraham Lincoln?
Coming from the root "val", Valentius, Valentine was a martyr of this religion in the Roman empire. Killed for his faith, his skull is in the Basilica near the ruins of the Circus Maximus.
What is Christianity?
This man was the first African American to play major league baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This third president of the United States made Washington an official city on May 3rd, 1902.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Howard Carter discovered this famous pharaoh's tomb on February 16th, 1923.
Who is King Tut?
(Tutankhamun)
Harriet Tubman was nicknamed this as she would guide hundreds to freedom and desired the South (often compared to Pharaoh) to let her people go.
Who is Moses?
This man was President during World War II and famously gave "Fireside Chats" to tell the American people to keep going amid economic and military turmoil. He called this day (Dec. 7th, 1941) "a date which will live in infamy" after Japan attacked this site in Hawaii.
Who is FDR/Franklin Delano Roosevelt? and What is Pearl Harbor?
Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, born on 20 February 1844, studied atoms in gases and made theories of this type of energy (as opposed to potential energy).
What is kinetic energy?
This amendment officially ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Born on February 19th, 1473, Nicolas Copernicus published his heliocentric theory in 1543 right before his death. His theory stated that this was the center of the solar system.
What is the sun?
This man was an American historian and writer. In this year, he started Black History week which was later adapted to Black History Month.
What is 1926?