■ On Feb. 19, 1906, American industrialist W.K. Kellogg teamed with Charles C. Bolin to found the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, now known as the multinational food manufacturer Kellogg’s, after 25 years of working for his brother, John Harvey Kellogg, and buying out his in-debt brother’s business.
■ On Feb. 20, 1935, Danish-Norwegian explorer Caroline Mikkelsen became the first…