Portal:Tennessee/Selected anniversaries/February

February 5-6 2008 The Super Tuesday tornado outbreak causes 59 deaths across the Southern U.S.; including 32 deaths in West and Middle Tennessee.
February 7, 1812 - The New Madrid Earthquake occurred, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the contiguous United States, creating Reelfoot Lake.
February 13, 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country and western, pop, and gospel music recording artist and television host, was born in Bristol.
February 14, 1983 - After three months of intensive investigation by federal bank regulators into massive fraud at financial institutions operated by Jake Butcher and his brother C.H. Butcher, Butcher's United American Bank collapsed. The fourth-largest bank failure in U.S. history marked the end of Butcher's East Tennessee financial empire and political career.
February 22, 1865 - Tennessee's legislature approved an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting slavery.
February 24, 1868 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson, the third Tennessean to serve as U.S. President.