February 28, 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated in Stockholm
February 26, a suspected car bomb explodes underneath the World Trade Center in New York killing at least five people
February 24 1955, Britain's deep freeze sees deep snow and freezing temperatures continue to cause havoc across much of Britain
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 alliesFebruary 20, 1962, John Glenn, after becoming the first American to orbit the Earth, lands safely in the Atlantic OceanFebruary 18, 1996, three people are feared dead after a bomb explodes on a London bus, nine days after the IRA ended its ceasefire
February 16, 1959, Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro becomes the country's youngest ever premier
February 14, 1929, the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" took place in Chicago, seven gangsters, who were rivals of Al Capone, are killed
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 10, 1950, United States Senator Joe McCarthy accuses more than 200 staff in the State Department of being Communists
February 8, 1973, the U.S. Senate leaders name seven members of a select committee, formed to investigate the Watergate scandal
February 6, 1952, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
February 4,1998,4,000 feared dead in Afghanistan, following earthquake
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
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February 29, 2012, Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, announces he will step down after more than 15 years in officeFebruary 27, 1973, the American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
February 25,1948, Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia
February 23, 1966, the Bitar government in Syria ends with a military coupFebruary 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-upFebruary 19, 2008, Fidel Castro resigns the Cuban presidencyFebruary 17, 1965, the Duke and Duchess of Kent celebrate the end of 300 years of colonial rule in Gambia with 35 chiefs
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 wasteFebruary 13,1960,France detonated its first atomic bomb
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 9, 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal, in the southwest Pacific, ended with an American victory over the Japanese forces
February 7, 1962, the US government bans all Cuban imports and re-export of U.S. products to Cuba from other countries
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 1,1958, The United Arab Republic is formed by a union of Egypt and Syria. It was broken 1961
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