This Week V eel in History February F L' L First It-First First ten cent Air AirMail AirMail Mail stamps sold old 1926 First pas pas- train in ill Nex ex Mexico 1879 February 14 14 Oregon Oregon admitted lo to the Union nion 1859 Alexander Alexandcr r Graham Hell Bell was granted Isis bis tele telephone t le phone patent for U. U S S. 1876 February IS V. U. S. S Battleship Main Iain blown own up in in harbor of Ha Ha- Havanna vanna Cuba 1898 1893 First telephone exchange in opened o at a t Minneapolis 1879 February 16 Panama 16 Panama canal prop prof property property erty purchased by United States Slates 1903 The Thc Liberty Libert Herald first firs paper printed in Africa appeared in m Monrovia ro edited by hY Charles Chatles L. L Force of Boston no ton 1826 1 6 February Rome 17 17 I 17 Rome ome annexed allne d to 10 France UilO First ship passed la through h Seu eu canal can 1867 February U. la-U. I U S. S S Breaks diplo diplomatic matic static relations with lith Germany 1917 1911 Jefferson Davis 1 a ais is inaugurated i president dent of or the Confederate states of oi America merica at al Montgomery Alabama I DI February 1 lit lit- fl- fl Ohio admitted to the Union 1 Order Ord r of f the till Knights K of Pythias I was founded at ata Washington a hin toll 1864 I H. H