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 22, 2015 A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River, killing 70 people.
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 21, 1842 John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.
February 2, 1653 New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.
February 15, 2021 Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
February 18, 2003 192 people die when an arsonist sets fire to a subway train in Daegu, South Korea.
February 2, 1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
February 11, 2015 A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
February 3, 1945 World War II: The United States and the Philippine Commonwealth begin a month-long battle to retake Manila from Japan.
February 15, 2012 Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua.
February 15, 1870 Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, US, and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering.
February 12, 1963 Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
February 7, 1894 The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
February 19, 2011 The debut exhibition of the Belitung shipwreck, containing the largest collection of Tang dynasty artifacts found in one location, begins in Singapore.
February 28, 2001 The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.

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