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February 26, 2013 | A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. |
February 20, 2010 | In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. |
February 16, 1918 | The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state. |
February 21, 1808 | Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish War, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia. |
February 11, 1971 | Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters. |
February 23, 1927 | German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. |
February 26, 1992 | First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. |
February 6, 1899 | Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate. |
February 21, 1862 | American Civil War: Battle of Valverde is fought near Fort Craig in New Mexico Territory. |
February 12, 1855 | Michigan State University is established. |
February 18, 1781 | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana). |
February 2, 1899 | The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne. |
February 18, 1955 | Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series. |
February 16, 1881 | The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1). |
February 23, 2017 | The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL. |
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