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)