The IBM supercomputer, Deep Blue, defeats Garry Kasparov in chess. Deep Blue and Kasparov played each other on two occasions. The first match began on…
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9 February 1900
The Davis Cup competition is set up in tennis. On February 9, 1900, the solid silver trophy known today as the Davis Cup is first…
8 February 1879
The England cricket team is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney. February 8, 1879. Riots broke out at the Sydney Association Ground…
7 February 2009
Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia. The road into the Victorian town of Kinglake is treacherous at the…
6 February 1951
The Canadian Army enters combat in the Korean War. Lieutenant General Charles Foulkes, then Chief of the General Staff was in favour of Canada providing…
5 February 1971
The Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission. HOUSTON, Saturday, Feb. 6 — Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard Jr. and Ed Mitchell,…
4 February 1974
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of newspaper publisher Randolph Hearst, is…
3 February 1931
New Zealand’s worst natural disaster, The Hawke’s Bay earthquake, kills 258 people. In 1931, New Zealand’s deadliest earthquake devastated the cities of Napier and Hastings….
2 February 1901
The funeral of Queen Victoria. In 1897, Victoria had written instructions for her funeral, which was to be military as befitting a soldier’s daughter and…
1 February 2003
The Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke…