Daily Calendar for Friday, February 21, 2025

The half-cent denomination was discontinued in the United States – 1857
Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first woman to graduate from a dental school, the Ohio College of Dental Surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio– 1866
First telephone directory published, New Haven, Connecticut – 1878
The Washington Monument was dedicated by President Arthur in Washington, D.C. It took 102 years to complete, beginning in 1783 when Congress proposed it. It was the largest man-made structure in the world at the time– 1885
First issue of The New Yorker published– 1925
Polaroid instant camera first demonstrated– 1947
President Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the U.S. when he visited China– 1972
UFO sighted in Portland, Oregon– 2010

Granville, North Dakota, experienced a spectacular chinook temperature swing. The temperature rose from -33F in the morning to 50F in the afternoon.– 1918
Destructive ice storm began in areas of Wisconsin, lasting through February 23– 1922
Twelve days of heavy rain and snow in California finally came to an end– 1986
Two tornadoes hit the Sacramento, California, area– 2005