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 16, 1978 | The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago). |
| February 14, 2018 | A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 15 injuries. |
| February 24, 1597 | The last battle of the Cudgel War was fought on the Santavuori Hill in Ilmajoki, Ostrobothnia. |
| February 22, 1872 | The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee. |
| February 23, 705 | Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. |
| February 1, 1814 | Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano. |
| February 9, 1913 | A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of the Americas, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth. |
| February 10, 2003 | France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. |
| February 10, 1996 | IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. |
| February 24, 1942 | 791[22] Romanian Jewish refugees and crew members are killed after the MV Struma is torpedoed by the Soviet Navy.[23] |
| February 25, 1991 | Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest. |
| February 29, 2008 | The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws Prince Harry from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media. |
| February 12, 1689 | The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. |
| February 10, 2004 | Forty-three people are killed and three are injured when a Fokker 50 crashes near Sharjah International Airport. |
| February 5, 2021 | Police riot in Mexico City as they try to break up a demonstration by cyclists who were protesting after a bus ran over a bicyclist.[17] Eleven police officers are arrested. |
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