http://www.findingdulcinea.com/home.html findingDulcinea: Recently Published en-us Copyright 2012, Dulcinea Media, Inc. Thursday, 09 February 2012 08:55:38 EST http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--House-Elects-John-Quincy-Adams-President.html ]]> On Feb. 9, 1825, the House of Representatives voted John Quincy Adams president of the United States. He had lost both the popular vote and the electoral college vote to Andrew Jackson.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--House-Elects-John-Quincy-Adams-President.html February 09, 2012 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Battle-of-Guadalcanal.html ]]> On Feb. 9, 1943, the United States declared victory against Japan in the seven-month World War II campaign for Guadalcanal and nearby islands in the southwest Pacific. The victory was a major turning point in the Pacific War.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Battle-of-Guadalcanal.html February 09, 2012 05:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--Mary-Queen-of-Scots-Was-Executed.html ]]> On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was beheaded for her alleged role in a conspiracy against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--Mary-Queen-of-Scots-Was-Executed.html February 08, 2012 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Telecommunications-Act-of-1996.html ]]> On Feb. 8, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which deregulated the telecommunications industry in an attempt to foster competition.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Telecommunications-Act-of-1996.html February 08, 2012 05:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--British-Invasion--Begins.html ]]> On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were greeted by thousands of screaming fans as they landed at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to begin their first American tour, highlighted by three performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/On-this-Day--The--British-Invasion--Begins.html February 07, 2012 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/First-Untethered-Spacewalk.html ]]> On Feb. 7, 1984, NASA astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert L. Stewart performed the first spacewalk without being tethered to the spacecraft.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/First-Untethered-Spacewalk.html February 07, 2012 05:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Buddy-Holly-Killed-in-Plane-Crash.html ]]> On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash. The day would be immortalized as “The Day the Music Died” in the Don McLean song “American Pie.”]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--Buddy-Holly-Killed-in-Plane-Crash.html February 03, 2012 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/US-Breaks-Relations-With-Germany.html ]]> On Feb. 3, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson announced that the United States was breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany after it had reinstituted its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare. The U.S. would declare war on Germany two months later.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/US-Breaks-Relations-With-Germany.html February 03, 2012 05:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--First-Groundhog-Day-Celebrated-121-Years-Ago.html ]]> On Feb. 2, 1887, Punxsutawney, Pa., celebrated the first official Groundhog Day, a holiday with roots in ancient traditions.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/On-this-Day--First-Groundhog-Day-Celebrated-121-Years-Ago.html February 02, 2012 06:00 AM http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Nazi-Surrender-Ends-Battle-of-Stalingrad.html ]]> On Feb. 2, 1943, the remainder of the encircled Nazi forces at Stalingrad surrendered to Soviet forces, thereby ending one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles in the history of war.]]> info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/Feb/Nazi-Surrender-Ends-Battle-of-Stalingrad.html February 02, 2012 05:00 AM