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This Day in History - February

Can you guess these things that happened in the month of February?
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Date
Year
Clue
Answer
Feb 1
2004
Singer who had a "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl halftime show
Janet Jackson
Feb 2
1922
Author whose novel "Ulysses" was first published
James Joyce
Feb 3
1959
Musician who died in a plane crash with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper
(known as the "Day the Music Died")
Buddy Holly
Feb 4
2004
Website founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard dorm room
Facebook
Feb 5
1939
Generalísimo who became leader of Spain
Francisco Franco
Feb 6
1819
City founded by Sir Stamford Raffles near the Strait of Malacca
Singapore
Feb 7
2009
Country where 173 people were killed by the "Black Saturday" wildfires
Australia
Feb 8
1950
Country which established the Stasi, its secret police force
East Germany
Feb 9
1964
Rock band that appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
The Beatles
Feb 10
2005
Country which announced that is has nuclear weapons
North Korea
Feb 11
1990
Boxer defeated by Buster Douglas in a shocking upset
Mike Tyson
Feb 12
1832
Country which annexed the Galápagos Islands
Ecuador
Feb 13
1913
Country whose independence was proclaimed by the 13th Dalai Lama
Tibet
Feb 14
1876
Device patented by Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
Feb 15
1898
City where the USS Maine exploded, sparking the Spanish-American War
Havana
Feb 16
1923
Pharaoh whose tomb was unsealed by Howard Carter
Tutankhamun
Feb 17
1972
German car model which passed the Model T to become the
best-selling in history to that point
Volkswagen Beetle
Feb 18
1930
Dwarf planet discovered at the Lowell Observatory in New Mexico
Pluto
Feb 19
1986
Space station launched by the Soviet Union
(its name means "peace" in Russian)
Mir
Feb 20
1877
Tchaikovsky ballet which premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
Swan Lake
Feb 21
1848
Manifesto published by Marx and Engels
The Communist
Manifesto
Feb 22
2011
City in New Zealand where 185 people died in an earthquake
Christchurch
Feb 23
1455
Printer who published his first Bibles
Johannes Gutenberg
Feb 24
1989
Author whose death was called for by Ayatollah Khomeini,
who offered a $3 million bounty
Salman Rushdie
Feb 25
1956
Soviet leader who gave his so-called "secret speech" denouncing Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Feb 26
1815
General who escaped from the island of Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte
Feb 27
1933
Building in Berlin which suffered heavy damage in an arson attack
Reichstag building
Feb 28
202 BC
Dynasty which began in China with the ascension of Liu Bang as emperor
Han
Feb 29
2004
Country where Jean-Bertrand Aristide was deposed by a coup
Haiti
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21 Comments
TheWombat
+15
Level 72
Oct 4, 2013
What?! My birth in Tasmania, Australia is not on here? I demand satisfaction!
triviaolivia
+1
Level 64
Jul 9, 2022
Well, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Wardo
+1
Level 89
Mar 23, 2014
100% with 1:23 leftover. only tough one was which king died in 1952 because I am not English.
LarryLovage
+4
Level 55
Feb 1, 2015
Sad not to see the one historical event of February I always remember, which is the destruction of Dresden in 1945. (A bit downbeat, I know). Late January to early February are bad months for NASA and the British Royal Family. Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia - George III, Victoria, George V, George VI.
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Feb 1, 2018
Dresden 1945, just for balance see the bombing of British Cities 1940 onward ......here it is
dunkinggandalf2
+9
Level 72
Feb 1, 2021
What the hell does "balance" mean? Do atrocities justify atrocities?
Kalleanon
+3
Level 66
Feb 2, 2021
If you want balance why not post a list of German cities as well. Or just look at the civilian casualty rates - by some estimates ten times as many German civilians were killed by strategic bombing than British. Or you could mention that evacuations due to unexploded WWII bombs still happen in Germany pretty much every week (and rarely make even the local news).

I'm not saying either side's actions justify or negate the other's, just that that's an odd definition of balance.

Pimbard6
+1
Level 66
Feb 13, 2015
Good clues - spent nearly a whole minute on North Korea (thought their nuclear announcement was more recent than 2005)
tschutzer
+1
Level 93
Sep 16, 2017
Just looked up that 2011 earthquake. Incredible amount of damage and unfortunate loss of life for that magnitude of earthquake. I generally associate anything in the 6 range with minor damage, but the photos of this are anything but minor.
dogmeat
+1
Level 69
Feb 2, 2021
The quake was incredibly shallow on a previously unknown fault line right under the CBD which is largely a drained swamp.
phalocrocorax
+3
Level 84
Aug 14, 2020
The Tchaikovsky question was the first one in this series where I actually found the month useful - The Nutcracker would have premiered around Christmas time so could be ruled out.
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Aug 16, 2020
Spelling: Generalissimo
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Aug 16, 2020
Look again. Notice the accent. I used the Spanish version.
Jerry928
+3
Level 76
Aug 16, 2020
¡Mis disculpas!
johnnyrdnck
+1
Level 48
Nov 9, 2020
i tried cold war lol, it isnt that wrong
Baxtergrad
+4
Level 51
Dec 8, 2020
Well actually it is, the Cold War ending wasn't in February.
PLSiHaveRayGun
+1
Level 21
Feb 4, 2021
August 13th was my birthday thanks for the gift of this quiz
blairjohnstone
+1
Level 33
Oct 2, 2021
East Berlin should be accepted for East Germany
Dontforget
+2
Level 77
Apr 12, 2025
Is East Berlin a country?
mjthedinarwhal
+1
Level 67
Feb 2, 2026
why is "Rushdy" and acceptable spelling but "Rushdi", which is objectively closer, is not?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 2, 2026
Because if you type Rushdie and it completes with Rushdi you are left with an extra E that you have to erase.

We don't want to punish people spelling it correctly to reward those who don't.

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