THIS MONTH IN HISTORY ( FEBRUARY )

• Feb. 6:  The board game Monopoly first went on sale. (1935)
• Feb. 9:  An act of Congress is passed authorizing the US Weather Bureau.
• Feb. 15: The Post Office uses adhesive postage stamps for the first time. (1842)
• Feb. 19:  A prize is inserted into a Crackerjacks box for the first time. (1913)
• Feb. 20:  John Glenn become the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth. (1962)
• Feb. 22:  Frank Woolworth opens the first "Five Cent Store in Utica, N.Y.  (1879)
• Feb. 23:  The Tootsie Roll rolls into stores in America. (1896)