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February 1
February 1st in History
1948 Federation Malaysia forms from 9
sultanates
February 1st birthday
1791 Charles J Sax Belgian music instrument
builder
February 2
February 2 - World Wetlands Day
February 2nd in History
1962 8 of 9 planets align for the first time in
400 years
February 3
February 3rd in History: 1815 World's
1st commercial cheese factory established, in
Switzerland
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
February 4 National Day Ceylon/Sri Lanka -
February 4
February 5
Mexico Constitution Day
February 6 New Zealand National Day
February 7
National Day Grenada - February 7
February 8 February 3rd in History: 1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper
before Royal Society in London
February 8th birthday: 1828 Jules Verne
France, pioneered science fiction
February 9
February 9th in History
1863 Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson
Crane
1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747,
makes 1st commercial flight
February 10
February 10th in History
1774 Andrew Becker demonstrates diving
suit
1794 Joseph Haydn's 99th Symphony in E,
premieres
February 11
National Day Iran - February 11
February 13
13-16 - Brazil, Carnival
February 14 Chinese New Year February 14, 2010
February 15 February 15th in History
1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America,
made by Morris & Rose Michtom
February 15th birthday
1823 Li Hung-Tshang Chinese rebel
leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
February 16
February 16th
Mardi Gras (United States)
February 17
February 17th in History
1957 Suez Canal reopens
1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz test) launches into
Earth orbit
February 18 National Day Gambia - February 18
February 19 February 19th in History 1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test
flight atop a 747 jetliner
1986 USSR launches Mir space station into
Earth orbit
February 20 World Day of Social Justice,
recognized by the UN
February 21
International Mother Language Day,
recognized by the U.N.
International Mother Language Day
originated as the international
recognition of Language Movement Day,
which has been commemorated in
Bangladesh since 1952.
February 22
Saint Lucia National Day February 22
February 23
February 23rd in History
1970 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
1987 Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st
naked-eye supernova since 1604
February 24
Flag Day Mexico
February 25
February 25th in History
1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US
"Please Please Me"
1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
February 26
February 26th in History
1797 Bank of England issues 1st £1-note
February 26th birthday
1802 Victor Hugo France, author (Hunchback
of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
February 27 February 27th in History
0837 15th recorded perihelion passage of
Halley's Comet
February 27th birthday
1622 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius Dutch painter
February 28 February 28th in History
1066 Westminster Abbey opens
1935 Nylon discovered by Dr Wallace H
Carothers
February 28 February 28th 2010 Holi (Hindu Festival)
