This week in history
Feb 25, 1932
Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
Feb 26, 1993
In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over a 1,000.
Feb 27, 1964
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
Feb 28, 1939
The erroneous word “dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation into how it got there.
Mar 1, 1972
The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
Mar 2, 1983
Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
Mar 3, 1951
Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records “Rocket 88”, often cited as “the first rock and roll record”, at Sam Phillips’s recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.