This Month in History - February Highlights

Significant historical events that took place in the month of February, including notable births, deaths, discoveries, and key moments in various fields such as politics, aviation, literature, and sports.

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1. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 01/02/1901. Clark Gabel who played Rhett Butler in the movie: Gone with the wind is born. 01/02/1931. The Russian President from 1991 1999 Boris Yeltsin is born. 01/02/2014 Maximilian Schnell. Famous Austrian Swiss Actor, Director, Producer & Screenwriter dies..

2. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 02/02/1829 Charles Sturt discovered Darling River, Australia. 02/02/1862 New Zealand s first railway, the Don Mountain line, is opened in Nelson. 02/02/1882 James Joyce. Irish novelist and poet, is born. 02/02/1943 The last German troops surrendered in the Battle of Stalingrad during WWII.

3. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 03/02/1809 Felix Mendelsson, German composer, born. 03/02/1821 Elizabeth Blackwell, first modern female doctor is born. 03/02/1966 Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft landed on the moon.

4. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 04/02/1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became independent. 04/02/1902. Charles A Lindbergh, American Aviator who made the 1st. non stop flight across the Atlantic is born. 04/02/1945. The Yalta conference during W.W. 2. begins to decide the division of Europe after W.W.2. ends.

5. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 04/02/2012 The death of Florence Green. Britain s last surviving veteran of W.W.1. dies. 05/02/1827. Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka stockade in Victoria in 1854 is born. 05/02/1985. Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese soccer star is born.

6. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 06/02/1685 King Charles II of England dies. 06/02/1840 Waitangi Day, New Zealand. 06/02/1895. Babe Ruth, Baseball Legend is born. 06/02/1911 Ronald Reagan. American actor & 40th President of the USA is born. 06/02/1912 Eva Braun. Adolf Hitler s mistress is born.

7. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 06/02/1952 King George VI of England dies. 06/02/1958 8 Manchester United players are killed in the Munich Air Disaster. 07/02/1812 Charles Dickens, British novelist is born. 07/02/1856 The Tasmanian Parliament became the 1st ever Parliament to provide for elections by secret ballot. 07/02/1912 Sir Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born.

8. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 07/02/1935 The game Monopoly was invented. 07/02/1974 Grenada becomes independent. 07/02/1990 The collapse of the Soviet Union is finalised. 07/02/2009 Brian Naylor, Australian Television Broadcaster, who was one of the 173 victims of the Victorian fires, dies.

9. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 08/02/1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. 08/02/1725 Tsar Peter 1st of Russia dies. 08/02/1828 Jules Verne, French novelist is born. 08/02/1904. Russo Japanese War begins. .

10. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 09/02/1737 Thomas Paine, American author of The Rights of Man is born. 09/02/1770 Captain James Cook completed the circumnavigation of the North Island of New Zealand. 09/02/1897 Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is born

11. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 09/02/1900 The Davis Cup Tennis competition was established. 09/02/1922 Jim Laker, famous English cricketer is born. 09/02/1944 Derryn Hinch, Australian Media personality is born. 10/02/1955 Glenn McGrath. Famous Australian cricketer is born. 10/02/1955 Greg Norman. Famous Australian Golfer, is born.

12. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 10/02/1964 A collision occurred between the Australian Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne and the Destroyer HMAS Voyager & 82 sailors were killed. 10/02/2005 Arthur Miller. American Playwright and author of The Crucible dies. 10/02/2014 Shirley Temple. Famous American childhood actress, singer, dancer & Diplomat dies.

13. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 11/02/1847 Thomas A. Edison inventor is born. 11/02/2012. Whitney Houston. Famous American singer dies. 12/02/1809 Charles Darwin, British naturalist is born.

14. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 12/02/1912 Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born. 13/02/1743 Sir Joseph Banks the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook is born. 13/02/2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues formal apology on behalf of the Australian Government to the Stolen Generation.

15. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 14/02 14/02/1779 Capt. James Cook is killed by natives in Hawaii. 14/02/1966 Australia converts from Pounds Sterling to Decimal Currency. 14/02/1977. Cadel Evans the first Australian to win the Tour de France is born. Valentine s Day

16. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 15/02/1564 Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, is born. 15/02/1874 Sir Ernest Shackelton. Irish Antarctic explorer is born. 15/02/1942 The Japanese conquered Singapore in WWII. 15/02/1965 Nat King Cole. American singer dies. 15/02/1970 Sir Hugh Dowding. Commander of the RAF Fighter Command during WWII, dies.

17. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 16/02/1959. Fidel Castro is sworn in as Premier of Cuba. 16/02/1973. Australian Aboriginal Track Star Cathy Freeman is born. 17/02/1801 An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was resolved when the House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson as President & Aaron Burr as Vice President of the USA.

18. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 17/02/1864 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, lawyer and grazier is born. 17/02/1963. Michael Jordan, Basketball Legend is born. 18/02/1516 Mary Ist. The first reigning queen of England is born. 18/02/1546. Martin Luther, German Religious Leader dies. 18/02/1898 Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari Motor Company is born.

19. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 18/02/1965 Gambia becomes an independent nation. 18/02/2014. Maria Von Trapp . Whose life the Musical and Film the Sound of Music was based on dies.

20. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 19/02/1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, is born. 19/02/1878 Thomas A. Edison patented the phonograph. 19/02/2016 American Author Harper Lee dies. 20/02/1962 John H. Glenn, Jr. Astronaut, became the first American to orbit the Earth. 21/02/1613 Mikhail 1st was elected Tsar of Russia beginning the Romanov Dynasty.

21. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 21/02/1848 Karl Marx & Friederick Engels publish the Communist Manifesto. 21/02/1910 Douglas Tin Legs Bader. English WWII Fighter pilot is born. 21/02/1916 The Battles of Verdun began during WWI 21/02/1924 Robert Mugabe Current President of Zimbabwe is born. 21/02/1965 American Civil Rights Leader Malcolm X was assassinated.

22. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 21/02/1972 US President Richard Nixon visited China thereby establishing Diplomatic Relations between the 2 countries. 22/02/1857 Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement is born. 22/021879 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and writer, born. 22/02/1935 Senator Edward Kennedy is born.

23. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 22/02/1732. George Washington, the 1st. President of the U.S.A. is born. 22/02/2011. An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurs in Christchurch, New Zealand killing 185 people.

24. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY .23/02/1633 Samuel Pepys, English diarist, is born. 23/02/1685 George Frederic Handel, composer, is born in Germany. 23/02/1908. Sir William McMahon, Australian Prime Minister 1972-1973 is born. 24/02/1582 Pope Gregory 13th announced the Gregorian Calendar. 24/02/1786. Wilhelm Grimm, co-author of Grimm s Fairy Tales is born.

25. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 24/02/1920 The Nazi Party was founded in Germany. 24/02/1993 Sir Bobby Moore, English Footballer, dies. 24/02/2008 Fidel Castro retires as President of Cuba after nearly 50 years. 24/02/2011. Final launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery. 25/02/1723 Sir Christopher Wren, English Architect, dies.

26. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 25/02/1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, is born. 25/02/1938 Herb Elliot, Australian champion athlete, is born. 25/02/2001 Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer, dies. 26/02/1802 Victor Hugo, French Writer, is born.

27. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 26/02/1815 Napoleon escapes from the island of Elba. 26/02/1829 Levi Strauss, German Clothing Designer, is born. 26/02/1935 The German Air Force The Luftwaffe was reformed. 27/02/1902 John Steinbeck, American writer, is born. 27/02/1932 Elizabeth Taylor, British actress, is born.

28. THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY 28/02/2013. Pope Benedict 16th. resigns as Head of the Catholic Church becoming the first Pope since 1415 to do so. 29/02/2012. Davy Jones of the British Pop Group: The Monkees dies.

29. QUOTE OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY In come the dollars, in come the cents; to replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence. Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix; On the 14thof February 1966. The gingle used to announce that Australia was converting to decimal currency on the 14th. February 1966.