A list of significant dates in New England history:
Feb 22
Ted Kennedy
1932:Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy, youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy, who represented the people of Massachusetts in the United States Senate for five decades, is born in Dorchester, Mass., to Joseph and Rose Kennedy.
Feb. 26
Acadia National Park
1919: Congress approves the first national park east of the Mississippi at Mt. Desert Island on the coast of Maine. In 1929, the park is renamed Acadia National Park.
Feb. 27
1807: American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,best known for Paul Revere’s Ride, and The Song of Hiawatha, is born in Portland, Maine.
Malcolm X
1946: Twenty-year-old Malcolm Little, later known as Malcolm X, is imprisoned in Boston for burglary. During seven years in jail, Malcolm joins the Black Muslims and, upon his release, becomes an advocate of Black nationalism with the Nation of Islam.
(Courtesy of Wikipedia) 
