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What Happened in February — Daily History Calendar
February has 29 days and about 1122 recorded events. Tap any date to open its page.
- 1 February 1 Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 2 February 2 Slovenian NBA player Luka Doncic is traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Anthony Davis in one of the largest trades in American sports history. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 3 February 3 Islamist militants massacred at least 162 while injuring and kidnapping dozens in two villages in Kwara State, Nigeria. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 4 February 4 Ten people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 5 February 5 United States President Donald Trump is acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 6 February 6 Two earthquakes measuring Mww 7.8 and 7.5 struck near the border between Turkey and Syria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). The earthquakes resulted in numerous aftershocks and a death toll of 57,658 people. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 7 February 7 Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 8 February 8 Two children are killed and six others are injured when a bus crashes into a daycare centre in Laval, Quebec, Canada. The driver is arrested and charged with homicide and dangerous driving. 37 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 9 February 9 The Baltic states synchronize their electric power transmission infrastructure with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CESA), in objective to disconnect from the Russo-Belarussian agreement to use the IPS/UPS system. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 10 February 10 Shootings at a residence and a school in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, leave nine people dead and 27 injured. 37 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 11 February 11 2024 Finnish presidential election: Alexander Stubb is elected as the 13th president of Finland. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 12 February 12 In the first general election since the July Revolution in Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, wins a landslide victory upon returning to power after almost 19 years. A referendum held alongside was also approved by the majority of voters. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 13 February 13 Former U.S. President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 14 February 14 At least 22 people are killed in an attack on a village in Northwest Region, Cameroon. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 15 February 15 Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 16 February 16 Five thousand people gathered in the town of Kherrata, Bejaia Province to mark the second anniversary of the Hirak protest movement. Demonstrations had been suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 17 February 17 Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 18 February 18 Perseverance, a Mars rover designed to explore Jezero crater on Mars, as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, lands successfully. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 19 February 19 The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea officially opens in Pyongyang and lasts for 7 days. (from February 19th to February 25th, 2026) 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 20 February 20 Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 21 February 21 In the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations. 39 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 22 February 22 Twosday, the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 23 February 23 A snap election is held in Germany. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 24 February 24 Russo-Ukrainian War: Days after recognising Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 25 February 25 Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters. 28 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 26 February 26 The government of Pakistan declares "open war" against the Taliban in Afghanistan, initiating the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War. 33 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 27 February 27 Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 28 February 28 The United States and Israel launch attacks across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Retaliatory strikes are launched by Iran against US military bases in the Gulf, with explosions reported in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE. 28 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25
- 29 February 29 The Flour Massacre took place in the Gaza Strip: Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the Gaza war, killing over 100 and wounding 750. 40 events · 🎂 25 · 🕯️ 25