Monthly Archives: February 2025

Balto’s heroic dogsled team delivers life-saving serum to Nome, Alaska 100 years ago this hour (Feb 2 1925)


Video: 'A 600-Mile Journey Across Alaska Saves the Town of Nome

(Monday, February 2, 1925, 5:30 a.m. local time) — The legendary 1925 serum run to Nome ended today as the last of a series of dog mushers (with Balto as the lead sled dog) brought a life-saving treatment to Nome, Alaska, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana. Continue reading Balto’s heroic dogsled team delivers life-saving serum to Nome, Alaska 100 years ago this hour (Feb 2 1925)

Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman advances into South Carolina during American Civil War 160 years ago today (Feb 1 1865)


Video: 'Ken.Burns.The.Civil.War.8of9.War.Is.All.Hell' (Carolinas Campaign begins at 21:14)

(Wednesday, February 1, 1865; during the American Civil War) — After about two weeks of preliminary movements and extensive preparations, Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman today actively began his march into South Carolina from Savannah, Georgia, and Beaufort, South Carolina.