The temperature on February 19, 1909 was between -2.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
Day of marriage February 18, 1942
The temperature on February 18, 1942 was between -6.1 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
July 23 » Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
August 25 » World War II: Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; a Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned back by an Allied air attack.
September 9 » World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
December 22 » World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
Day of death February 2, 2001
The temperature on February 2, 2001 was between -0.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
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