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February 1: Feast day of Saint Brigid of Kildare (Western Christianity); the Fajr decade begins in Iran; Black History Month begins in North America

Mayon
February 2: Groundhog Day in Canada and the United States

Statue of Alexander Selkirk
February 3: Feast day of Saint Laurence of Canterbury (Western Christianity); Mother's Day in Iran (2021); Four Chaplains' Day in the United States (1943)

Steve Jobs
February 4
- 1801 – John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S. constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of government, took office as chief justice.
- 1859 – Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus (text sample pictured), a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.
- 1945 – World War II: U.S. forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest Japanese internment camp in the Philippines.
- 1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve people.
- 1998 – An earthquake registering 5.9 MW struck northern Afghanistan, triggering landslides that killed over 2,300 people and destroyed around 15,000 homes.
February 5

Bakelite buttons
February 6: Sámi National Day (1917); Waitangi Day in New Zealand (1840)

Stamford Raffles
February 7

Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp"
February 8
February 9

Participants in the Mud March
February 10

HMAS Melbourne
February 11: Fat Thursday (Western Christianity, 2021); anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979); National Foundation Day in Japan (660 BC)
February 12: Red Hand Day

"Bar" suit from Dior's New Look
February 13

Charles XI of Sweden
February 14: Valentine's Day
February 15: Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2021); National Flag of Canada Day (1965) and Family Day in Canada (2021); Statehood Day in Serbia (1804); Washington's Birthday / Presidents' Day in the United States (2021)
Footage of the Chelyabinsk meteor
February 16: Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (Western Christianity, 2021); Day of the Shining Star in North Korea; Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska

Act of Independence of Lithuania
- 1249 – Louis IX of France dispatched André de Longjumeau as his ambassador to the Mongol Empire.
- 1918 – The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.
- 1936 – The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.
- 1961 – The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
- 1996 – Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.
February 17: Ash Wednesday (Western Christianity, 2021)

Ruins of the Citadel of Saigon
February 18

Enterprise on top of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
February 19

Old Trafford
- 1600 – The stratovolcano Huaynaputina, in present-day Peru, erupted in the largest recorded volcanic explosion in South America.
- 1674 – Charles II of England signed the Treaty of Westminster to end the Third Anglo-Dutch War, confirming English and Dutch sovereignty over New Netherland and Surinam, respectively.
- 1811 – Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under Édouard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.
- 1910 – Old Trafford (modern façade pictured), a football stadium in Greater Manchester, England, hosted its inaugural match, between Manchester United and Liverpool.
- 2011 – Items from the Belitung shipwreck, the largest single collection of Tang-dynasty artefacts found in one location, were first exhibited in Singapore.
February 20

Parícutin
February 21: Language Movement Day in Bangladesh (1952)

Peace sign designed by Gerald Holtom
February 22

Dolly
February 23: The Emperor's Birthday in Japan

Button of plutonium metal above a calcium chloride salt cake
February 24: Independence Day in Estonia (1918)

Japanese-Canadian internment camp in British Columbia
February 25: First day of Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí Faith, 2021); Soviet Occupation Day in Georgia (1921); National Day in Kuwait (1961)

Lighting of the 1951 Pan American Games cauldron
February 26: Purim (Judaism, 2021)

Napoleon leaving Elba
February 27

Reichstag fire
February 28: Kalevala Day / Finnish Culture Day

C. V. Raman
February 29

Stanisław II Augustus of Poland
Oswald of Worcester (d. 992) · Ina Coolbrith (d. 1928) · Pedro Sánchez (b. 1972)
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