Taxation – 16th Amendment Goes Into Effect
February 25, 1913
The 16th amendment goes into effect, giving the U.S. Congress the power to lay and collect income taxes.
World Trade Center Bombing
February 26, 1993
A truck bomb is detonated in the parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,336 pounds (606 kg) urea nitrate-hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to send the North Tower crashing into the South Tower, bringing both towers down and killing tens of thousands of people. It failed to do so, but killed six people and injured over a thousand. The towers were destroyed in 2001 in the 9/11 Attacks.
Desert Storm – Kuwait Liberated
February 27, 1991
U.S. President George H. W. Bush declares Kuwait liberated, Iraq defeated, and the suspension of offensive military operations in the Persian Gulf War.