Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 23, 1883 | Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law. |
| February 13, 1726 | Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26. |
| February 16, 1942 | World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established |
| February 12, 2002 | The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion. |
| February 18, 1932 | The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State. |
| February 2, 1141 | The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda. |
| February 22, 1942 | World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable. |
| February 11, 1990 | Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title. |
| February 8, 421 | Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. |
| February 9, 1904 | Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes. |
| February 9, 1621 | Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation. |
| 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 17, 1969 | American aquanaut Berry L. Cannon dies of carbon dioxide poisoning while attempting to repair a leak in the SEALAB III underwater habitat. The SEALAB project was subsequently abandoned. |
| February 4, 1169 | A strong earthquake strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania. |
| February 1, 2004 | Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured. |
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