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February 9, 1895 | William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball. |
February 11, 1970 | Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. |
February 12, 1946 | African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil. |
February 19, 1989 | Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four. |
February 22, 1371 | Robert II becomes King of Scotland, beginning the Stuart dynasty. |
February 24, 1945 | Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree. |
February 13, 1660 | With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War. |
February 14, 1530 | Spanish conquistadores, led by Nuño de Guzmán, overthrow and execute Tangaxuan II, the last independent monarch of the Tarascan state in present-day central Mexico. |
February 14, 2018 | Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa. |
February 5, 2008 | A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57. |
February 13, 1913 | The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence. |
February 3, 1809 | The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress. |
February 10, 2009 | The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both. |
February 24, 1868 | Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate. |
February 9, 1964 | The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. |
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