Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. On February 18, 1930, amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered “Planet X” using an astrograph, which is essentially a space camera. Planet…
17 February 1979
The Sino-Vietnamese War starts. China’s relations with Vietnam began to deteriorate seriously in the mid-1970s. After Vietnam joined the Soviet-dominated Council for Mutual Economic Cooperation…
16 February 1985
Hezbollah is founded. The ideology of Hezbollah has been summarized as Shiite radicalism. Hezbollah was largely formed with the aid of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s followers…
15 February 1804
The Serbian Revolution starts. The First Serbian Uprising was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February…
14 February 2005
YouTube is launched. YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve…
13 February 1990
An agreement is reached on the plan to reunite Germany. The German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined…
12 February 1963
Construction starts on the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri. The Gateway Arch is a 630-foot monument in St. Louis in the U.S. state of…
11 February 1823
About 110 boys are killed at a carnival during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta. The last day of…
10 February 1967
The 25th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified. Twenty-fifth Amendment, amendment (1967) to the Constitution of the United States that set forth succession…
9 February 1951
Geochang massacre occurs during the Korean War. The Geochang massacre was a massacre conducted by the third battalion of the 9th regiment of the 11th…