Today in history

1890: National AfroAmerican League founded in Chicago by Timothy Thomas Fortune, one of earliest civil rights organizations in America

1915: Alexander Graham Bell in N.Y. calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco

1924: First Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France

2011: Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labour strikes and violent clashes.