Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. The Bollingen Prize in Poetry is a prestigious…
18 February 1954
The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. The Church of Scientology is a controversial religious organization founded in the 1950s by science…
17 February 2006
A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126. Mudslides, also known as debris flows or mudflows, are…
16 February 1985
Hezbollah is founded. Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon. Its name, which means “Party of Allah” or “Party…
15 February 1952
King George VI of the United Kingdom is buried in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. King George VI, born Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor, was…
14 February 1989
Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster. The Bhopal disaster, which occurred…
13 February 1880
Thomas Edison observes Thermionic emission. Thermionic emission is a phenomenon where electrons are emitted from a heated surface or material. This emission occurs when the…
12 February 1909
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is one of…
11 February 2001
A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star. The Anna Kournikova virus was…
10 February 1996
IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time. Deep Blue was a supercomputer developed by IBM that made history by…