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This Day in History for February 17 – VW Beetle Breaks Record and More
This Day in History for February 17 – VW Beetle Breaks Record and More
This Day in History for February 17 – VW Beetle Breaks Record and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1801 – The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is broken by the House of Representatives, which elected Jefferson president (More info) 1820 – The US Senate passes the Missouri Compromise, an attempt to deal with the dangerously divisive issue of extending slavery into the western territories (More i