Historical Events in February, Month of February Events

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Date Event
February 10, 1984 Kenyan soldiers kill an estimated 5000 ethnic Somali Kenyans in the Wagalla massacre.
February 10, 1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships, is christened.
February 27, 1951 The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
February 23, 1942 World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
February 6, 2016 An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people.
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 26, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
February 13, 1914 Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
February 16, 2005 The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
February 1, 2009 The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
February 11, 1999 Pluto crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.
February 8, 2010 A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.
February 24, 1981 The 6.7 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms Gulf of Corinth earthquake affected Central Greece with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Twenty-two people were killed, 400 were injured, and damage totaled $812 million.
February 15, 1972 Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
February 8, 1983 Irish race horse Shergar is stolen by gunmen.

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