Historical Events in February, Month of February Events
Here is a list of some historical events in February. You can learn What major event happened in February?
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 28, 1975 | In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people. |
| February 21, 1440 | The Prussian Confederation is formed. |
| February 22, 1994 | Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union. |
| February 16, 1936 | The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election. |
| February 5, 1945 | World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila. |
| February 6, 1851 | The largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history take place in the state of Victoria. |
| February 27, 1902 | Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes. |
| February 5, 1988 | Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. |
| February 12, 1947 | The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union. |
| 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. |
| February 8, 1590 | Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico, charged with concealing the practice of Judaism of his sister and her children. |
| February 14, 1912 | The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines. |
| February 17, 1959 | Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. |
| February 5, 1597 | A group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society. |
| February 18, 2013 | Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium. |
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