4th February
1948 - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) gets independent from British rule.
1959 - "Ruth Handler" makes first barbie doll.
1971 - British car manufacturer Rolls Royce declares bankruptcy.
1976 - 23000 people die due to severe earthquake in Guatemala.
1990 - Ernakulam is declared first completely literate district of India.
2004 - Massachusetts high court authorizes gay marriage.
2004 - Formation of facebook by "Mark Zuckerberg".
5th February
1649 - King "Charles II" become prince of Wales.
1783 - Sweden recognizes USA's independence.
1783 - 30,000 people die due to severe earthquake in Calabria.
1917 - Mexico adopts constitution.
1958 - "Gamal Abdel Nasser" is elected as first president of Republic of UAE.
6th February
1911 - First old age home opened in Prescott,Arizona.
1918 - Britain gives women above the age of 30 years right to vote.
1931 - "Motilal Nehru" dies.
1935 - For the first time women voted in Turkey.
1941 - British forces occupy Bengazi,Libya.
1964 - Britain and France sign agreement to build tunnel between them.
8th February
1897 - Birth of "Dr. Zakir Hussain" India's third president.
1952 - "Elizabeth II" declares herself as queen of England.
1989 - USA's plane Boeing 707 crashes, 145 people die.
1994 - "Kapil Dev" makes wicket taking record in test cricket of 434 wickets.
9th February
1822 - American Indian society formed.
1904 - Japan declares war on Russia.
1969 - World's biggest plane Boeing 747 tested for the first time.
1975 - Soviet space ship Soyuz-17 returns to Earth.
10th February
1846 - British forces defeat Sikhs in Battle of Sobraon.
1906 - Britain's first warship HMS Dreadnought lands in water.
1921 - Kashi Vidyapeeth inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
1921 - "Duke of Connaught" lays foundation stone of "India Gate".
1929 - Industrialist "J R D Tata" becomes first Indian to get pilot's licence.
11th February
1942 - Famous industrialist and freedom fighter "Jamnalal Baja" dies.
1945 - "Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt" sign Yalta treaty.
1975 - "Margaret Thatcher" becomes head of conservative party.
1990 - "Nelson Mandela" freed from jail.
12th February
1771 - "Gustav III" becomes king of Sweden.
1961 - Soviet Union launches spaceship "Venera 1" which was the first spacecraft to fly past Venus.
1973 - North Vietnam releases first group of American war prisoners.
1991 - Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence.
1996 - Yasir Arafat becomes Palestine's first president.
2002 - 119 people die in a plane crash in Khoramabad,Iran.
13th February
1668 - Spain recognizes Portugal under Lisbon treaty.
1741 - USA's first magazine "The American magazine" published under the editorship of "Andrew Bedfrod".
1795 - USA's first government university "North Carolina" university established.
1960 - France tests its first nuclear bomb.
15th February
1564 - Birth of "Galileo Galili".
1804 - New Jersey became the last state of USA to end slavery.
1869 - Famous poet "Mirza Ghalib" dies.
1903 - For the first time in USA teddy bear is manufactured.
1906 - British labor party formed.
1965 - Maple leaf is adopted on national flag of Canada.
2003 - Protests in 600 cities in the world against USA's attack on Iraq.
27th February
1594 - "Henry IV" became king of France.
1670 - Jews are ordered to leave Austria on the orders of "Leopold I".
1931 - Great Indian freedom fighter "Chandrashekhar Azad" shoots himself during clash with British police in
Allahabad in order to not to be caugt alive.
1967 - Dominica becomes independent from British rule.
1992 - "Tiger Woods" becomes youngest PGA golfer.
2002 - 58 people die in Train fire in Godhra,Gujarat.
