Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 22, 2015 | A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people. |
| February 8, 1962 | Charonne massacre: Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police. |
| February 21, 1842 | John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine. |
| February 2, 1653 | New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated. |
| February 15, 2021 | Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| February 18, 2003 | 192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea. |
| February 2, 1971 | Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. |
| February 11, 2015 | A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women. |
| February 3, 1945 | World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan. |
| February 15, 2012 | Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua. |
| February 15, 1870 | Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, US, and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering. |
| February 12, 1963 | Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. |
| February 7, 1894 | The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. |
| February 19, 2011 | The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore. |
| February 28, 2001 | The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area. |
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