Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 17, 1944 | World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. |
| February 2, 2012 | The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146–165 dead. |
| February 19, 1847 | The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party. |
| February 18, 1970 | The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. |
| February 4, 1555 | John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England. |
| February 17, 2016 | Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. |
| February 20, 1959 | The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. |
| February 25, 1836 | Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm. |
| February 15, 2010 | Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people. |
| February 11, 2013 | Militants claiming to be from the Sultanate of Sulu invade Lahad Datu District, Sabah, Malaysia, beginning the Lahad Datu standoff. |
| February 14, 1912 | Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state. |
| February 6, 1981 | The National Resistance Army of Uganda launches an attack on a Ugandan Army installation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. |
| February 9, 2020 | Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has the army soldiers enter the Legislative Assembly to assist in pushing for the approval for a better government security plan, causing a brief political crisis. |
| February 15, 2001 | The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. |
| February 18, 1979 | Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag. |
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