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February 1
February 1, the 32nd day of the Gregorian year, marks the first U.S. Supreme Court session (1790), the OED's first fascicle (1884), the Greensboro sit-ins (1960), Khomeini's return (1979), and the Columbia disaster (2003).
February 10
February 10, the 41st day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending the Seven Years' War, the 1962 Powers-Abel Glienicke Bridge spy swap, Deep Blue's 1996 chess win over Kasparov, and the 2009 Iridium-Kosmos satellite collision.
February 11
February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, marking the Lateran Treaty, Nelson Mandela's 1990 release, and the first gravitational wave detection.
February 12
February 12, the 43rd day of the Gregorian year, is the shared 1809 birth date of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, NAACP founding day (1909), Puyi's 1912 abdication, and the date of Darwin Day and Red Hand Day.
February 13
February 13, the 44th day of the Gregorian year, is known for the 1945 start of the Allied bombing of Dresden, World Radio Day, Galileo's 1633 arrival in Rome, and births including Grant Wood and Kim Novak.
February 13–17, 2021, North American winter storm
Winter Storm Uri, a February 2021 winter storm and Arctic outbreak, brought record cold and snow to the central United States and collapsed the Texas power grid.
February 14
February 14, the 45th day of the Gregorian year, is Valentine's Day, a Catholic feast established in AD 496 for a martyred priest, plus events like the 1876 telephone patent, the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and Voyager 1's 1990 Pale Blue Dot photo.
February 15
February 15, the 46th day of the Gregorian year, marked by the 1898 USS Maine explosion, Canada's 1965 maple leaf flag raising, the 2003 anti-Iraq-War protests in 600-plus cities, ENIAC's 1946 dedication, and the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor.
February 16
February 16, the 47th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1804 burning of the USS Philadelphia, the 1862 Fort Donelson surrender, the 1923 opening of King Tut's tomb, Castro's 1959 premiership, the first US 911 call in 1968, and the 2005 NHL season cancellation.
February 17
February 17 is the 48th day of the Gregorian year, also called On This Day, February Seventeenth. Known for Jefferson's 1801 House tie-break election, the 1863 Red Cross founding, the 1864 H.L. Hunley sinking USS Housatonic, the 1904 Madama Butterfly premiere, Kosovo's 2008 independence, and births including Michael Jordan and Wu Zetian.
February 18
February 18, the 49th day of the Gregorian year, is Gambia Independence Day and Nepal's National Democracy Day. Key events include the 1930 discovery of Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh and NASA's 2021 Perseverance Mars landing.
February 19
February 19, the 50th day of the year in leap years, marks Edison's 1878 phonograph patent, FDR's 1942 Executive Order 9066, the 1945 Iwo Jima landing, Copernicus's birth, and observances like National Chocolate Mint Day and Iwo Jima Day.
February 1974 United Kingdom general election
The February 1974 UK general election (28 February 1974), called by Edward Heath during the miners' strike under "Who governs Britain?", produced a hung parliament: Labour under Harold Wilson won 301 seats to the Conservatives' 297 despite fewer votes, leading to a minority government and an October 1974 re-run.
February 2
February 2, the 33rd day of the year, is Candlemas and Groundhog Day. Key events: Otto I crowned emperor (962), Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), Stalingrad surrender (1943), de Klerk's apartheid speech (1990).
February 20
February 20, the 51st day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1792 Postal Service Act, John Glenn's 1962 first American Earth orbit, the 1864 Battle of Olustee, the 2003 Station nightclub fire, and World Day of Social Justice.
February 2006 North American blizzard
The February 2006 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that moved up the East Coast on February 11 and 12, 2006, setting New York City's record snowfall of 26.9 inches.
February 2007 North American blizzard
The February 2007 North American blizzard was a major winter storm that crossed the United States from February 12 to 14, 2007, causing at least 15 deaths.
February 2013 North American blizzard
The February 2013 North American blizzard, also known as Winter Storm Nemo, buried the northeastern United States under up to 40 inches of snow on February 8 and 9, 2013.
February 2025 Putin–Trump phone call
The February 12, 2025 Putin–Trump phone call was the first publicized call between the two presidents since Trump's return to office, lasting about 90 minutes, agreeing to immediate Ukraine war negotiations led by Rubio, Ratcliffe, Waltz, and Witkoff, and ending the US policy of isolating Putin.
February 2025 United States–Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia
February 18, 2025 US–Russia talks in Riyadh (Diriyah Palace): Rubio, Waltz, and Witkoff met Lavrov, Ushakov, and Dmitriev, the first high-level meeting since the 2022 invasion, excluding Ukraine and Europe.
February 2026 North American blizzard
The February 2026 North American blizzard, or Winter Storm Hernando, comprised two severe storms, including the Blizzard of 2026 that gave Providence its largest snowstorm on record.
February 21
February 21, day 52 of the Gregorian year, is International Mother Language Day, a UNESCO observance since 2000 born of Bangladesh's 1952 Dhaka language protests, and the date of Trevithick's 1804 railway journey, the 1848 Communist Manifesto, the 1878 first U.S. telephone directory, Malcolm X's 1965 assassination, and Nixon's 1972 arrival in China.
February 22
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, best known as the 1732 birth date of George Washington, the first US president.
February 23
February 23, the 54th day of the Gregorian year, known for the 1945 Iwo Jima flag raising photographed by Joe Rosenthal, the 1903 Guantanamo Bay lease, Salk's 1954 first mass polio inoculation, and holidays in Japan, Guyana, Brunei, and Russia.
February 24
February 24, the 55th day of the Gregorian year, marks Marbury v. Madison (1803), Andrew Johnson's impeachment (1868), the Gregorian calendar decree (1582), L'Orfeo's premiere (1607), and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
February 25
February 25, the 56th day of the Gregorian year, marks the Warsaw Pact disbanding (1991), Corazon Aquino's Philippine presidency (1986), the Ali-Liston title fight (1964), Revels's Senate swearing-in (1870), and Kuwait's National Day.
February 26
February 26, the 57th day of the Gregorian year (Pisces), marked by Napoleon's 1815 Elba escape, the 1919 Grand Canyon National Park act, the 1935 RADAR demonstration, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; notable births include Victor Hugo and Johnny Cash.
February 26 Incident
The February 26 Incident (二・二六事件) was a failed coup attempt in Tokyo on 26 February 1936, led by young officers of the Imperial Japanese Army.
February 27
February 27 is the 58th day of the Gregorian calendar, marked by the 1933 Reichstag fire, Dominican independence (1844), the Shanghai Communiqué (1972), and the 2010 Chile earthquake.
February 28
February 28, the 59th day of the Gregorian year and last day of February in common years; its 28-day length comes from Roman calendar history under Numa Pompilius and Julius Caesar, with events such as Benedict XVI's 2013 resignation.