Feb. 10. 1961: Voice of Nuclear Disarmament pirate radio station begins operation off shore of Britain. 1971: National protest against U.S. invasion of Laos include 1,500 protesters and nine arrests at the University of Washington.

Feb. 11. 1805: Sacajawea gives birth to Jean-Baptist Charbonneau while leading Lewis & Clark Expedition. 1937: General Motors workers win 44-day sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan. 1978: "Longest Walk" begins, Native Americans march from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.

Feb. 12. 1909: Founding of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). 1947: Between 400 and 500 veterans and conscientious objectors from World Wars I and II burn their draft cards in two demonstrations, in front of the White House in Washington and at the Labor Temple in New York City, in protest of a proposed universal conscription law.

Feb. 13. 1641: Iroquois Confederacy begins war against Canada.

Feb. 14. 1779: Captain Cook killed by native Hawai'ians after taking hostages. 1967: Treaty banning nuclear weapons in Latin America signed in Tlatelolco, Mexico.

Feb. 15. 1966: Nisqually tribe engages in protest "fish-in" to demand treaty fishing rights. 1991: U.S. planes bomb civilian shelter, killing at least 500, Baghdad, Iraq.

Feb. 16. 1942: Conscientious objectors arrested after walking out of work camp, Merom, Indiana. 1965: A plot by the Black Liberation Front to blow up the Statue of Liberty is foiled.