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Meet the memorable dates from February 16 to 28
Some of the outstanding historical events that occurred during the second half of this month, which have marked the world.
February 17th
1894: premiere of Swan Lake, a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
February 18th
1929: The first Academy Awards are announced.
1963: Julio Cortazar publishes Hopscotch.
1979: opening of the Berlin Film Festival.
1953: premiere of Bwana Devil, the first 3D film.
February 19th
1878: Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph.
February 20th
1872: opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
February 21st
1907: premiere of the opera Romeo and Juliet, by Frederick Delius in Berlin.
February 22nd
1632: Galileo Galilei publishes his Dialogue Concerning the Two Principal World Systems.
February 23rd
1455: Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible.
February 24th
1909: Color cinema is first introduced to the public in Brighton, England.
February 25th
1935: Louis Lumiere presents a film sequence in relief.
1925: Columbia Records makes the first electric music recording.
February 26th
1936: The low-cost vehicle the Volkswagen Beetle is created in Germany.
February 27th
1996: Pokemon Red and Blue goes on sale in Japan.
February 28th
1953: James Watson and Francis Crick determine the chemical structure of DNA.
1983: the compact disc (CD) is launched on the market.
Article by:
Jackeline Gonzalez L.
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