2007 Mardi Gras: Also known as Shrove or Fat Tuesday, it's the last day of the Carnival season and a huge celebration before Ash Wednesday and the fasting season of Lent.
1792 U.S. president George Washington signed the Post Office Act, establishing a permanent Post Office Department.
1943 In Mexico, a new volcano, Parìcutin, erupts in a farmer's corn patch.
1962 Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth.
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