The Warsaw Pact is abolished. The Warsaw Pact, formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed…
24 February 1920
The Nazi Party is founded. This article is about the German Nazi Party that existed from 1920 to 1945. For the ideology, see Nazism. For…
23 February 1934
Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. orn Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel in Brussels, Leopold III was crowned King of Belgium on…
22 February 2011
New Zealand’s second deadliest earthquake happens in Christchurch, killing 185 people. At 12.51 p.m. on Tuesday 22 February 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake caused severe…
21 February 1848
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto. On February 21, 1848, The Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx with the assistance of Friedrich…
20 February 1872
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially “the Met”, is the largest art…
19 February 2003
An Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft crashes near Kerman, Iran. The 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash occurred on 19 February 2003, when an Ilyushin Il-76 crashed…
18 February 1954
The first Church of Scientology is established. L. Ron Hubbard established the first Church of Scientology in Los Angeles on February 18, 1954. Ever since,…
17 February 1867
The first ship passes through the Suez Canal. The first ship passed through the Suez Canal on February 17, 1867. Linking the Mediterranean Sea and…
16 February 1933
The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution,…