Thursday, February 28, 2013

1 March 752 BC

Romulus, the first legendary king of Rome, celebrates the first ever Roman triumph after his victory over the

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Monday, February 25, 2013

26 February 1995

Barings Bank, collapses after a securities broker, Nick Leeson, loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

25 February 1956

The 'On the Personality Cult and its Consequences' Nikita Khrushchev' denounces the cult of personality surrounding Joseph

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Friday, February 22, 2013

23 February 1954

The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh,

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

22 February 1980

The "Miracle on Ice" in which the USA hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team

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Monday, February 18, 2013

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Friday, February 15, 2013

16 February 1987

The trial of Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible", accused of being a in Treblinka extermination camp, begins in

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

11 February 1979

The Islamic revolution of Iran establishes an Islamic theocracy lead by Ayatollah Ruhollah

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Friday, February 8, 2013

9 February 1950

Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

7 February 2009

Bushfires in Victoria are the worst natural disaster in Australia's history, leaving 173

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

6 February 1840

The Treaty of Waitangi is signed which established New Zealand as a British

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Saturday, February 2, 2013

3 February 1998

A United States Military pilot causes the death of 20 people when his low-flying plane cuts the cable of the Cavalese cable car in

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Friday, February 1, 2013

2 February 1972

The British embassy in Dublin is destroyed in a protest the was known as Bloody

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