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February 29, 2012, Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, announces he will step down after more than 15 years in office
February 28, 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm On this day Boris Nemtsov was murdered
A year on from the murder of Boris Nemtsov protester marchers took to the streets of Moscow. On February 27, 2015, Boris Nemtsov, 55, was shot dead by an unknown person or persons and on February 27, 2016, protesters marched in a show of.......more February 27, 1973, the American Indian Movement occupy
Wounded Knee in South Dakota February 26, a suspected car bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center in New York killing at least five people February 25,1948, Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia February 24 1955, Britain's deep freeze sees deep snow and freezing temperatures continue to cause havoc across much of Britain February 23, 1966, the Bitar government in Syria ends with a military coup February 22, 1991, US President, George Bush, gives Iraq until 1700 GMT tomorrow to pull out of Kuwait or face the full force of the allies February 21, 1975, Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman are sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up February 20, 1962, John Glenn, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, lands safely in the Atlantic Ocean February 19, 2008, Fidel Castro resigns the Cuban presidency February 18, 1996, three people are feared dead after a bomb explodes on a London bus, nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire February 17, 1965, the Duke and Duchess of Kent celebrate the end of 300 years of colonial rule in Gambia with 35 chiefs February 16, 1959, Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro becomes the country's youngest ever premier February 15, 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush approves Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a site for the long-term disposal of radioactive nuclear waste. February 14, 1929, gangland violence erupts and the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" takes place in Chicago; seven gangsters, who were rivals of Al Capone, are killed
On 13 February 1960, France conducted its first nuclear test, code-named “Gerboise Bleue” (Blue Desert Rat). The day marked the beginning of a series of four atmospheric nuclear tests at the Reganne Oasis, in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. With an explosive yield of 70 kilotons, Gerboise Bleue was relatively large for a country’s first nuclear test, around four times as powerful as the Hiroshima bomb. .............more at CTBO
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February 12, 1993, in Liverpool, England, 2-year-old, James Bulger, was lured away from his mother at a shopping mall and beaten to death. Two ten-year-old boys were arrested and found guilty of this crime which shocked the nation. RIP
February 11 1958, Ruth Carol Taylor was the first black woman to become a stewardess by making her initial flight - a mere 50 years later Barack Obama became the first black President of the US February 10, 1950, United States Senator Joe McCarthy accuses more than 200 staff in the State Department of being Communists February 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal, in the southwest Pacific, ended with an American victory over the Japanese forces February 8, 1973, the U.S. Senate leaders name seven members of a select committee, formed to investigate the Watergate scandal February 7, 1962, the US government bans all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries February 6, 1952, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland February 5, 2003, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presents evidence to the U.N. concerning Iraq's material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441 February 4, 1998, 4,000 feared dead in Afghan earthquake - in England on this day in 1974 11 people including soldiers and children are killed in a terrorist coach bombing
February 3, 1959, three young rock 'n' roll stars, including 22-year-old singer Buddy Holly, die when their plane crashes in the United States
February 2, 1878, Greece declares war on Turkey February 1,1958, The United Arab Republic is formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961 |