Forward Planner: News Anniversaries for the next 6 months
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February 2025
1 Year (2024)
Feb 29: Israel–Hamas war: Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than a hundred people.
2 Years (2023)
Feb 06: Turkey–Syria earthquake: A 7.8 (Mww) earthquake & a 7.5 Mww aftershock occurs on the same day killing at least 50,000
Feb 10: Death - Hugh Hudson, (25.08.1936 – 10.02.2023) 86, English film director (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, My Life So Far)
Feb 15: Death - Raquel Welch, (05.09.1940 – 15.02.2023) 82, American actress (One Million Years B.C., The Three Musketeers, Fantastic Voyage).
Feb 21: Russia - Vladimir Putin announces that Russia is suspending its participation in New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US
Feb 23: Death - Irving Wardle, (20.07.1929 – 23.02.2023) 93, English theatre critic and writer. He wrote about theatre for The Observer from 1959 to 1963, for The Times from 1963 to 1989, and for The Independent on Sunday from 1989 to 1995.
Feb 24: Death - Sir Bernard Ingham (21 June 1932 – 24 February 2023) was a British journalist and civil servant. He was Margaret Thatcher's chief press secretary throughout her time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.
Feb 25: Death - Sir David James Lumsden (19 March 1928 – 25 February 2023) was a British musical educator, choirmaster, organist and harpsichordist. After studying music at Cambridge he was a church organist, and later an academic. He was principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow from 1976 to 1982 and of the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1982 to 1993.
Feb 27: The United Kingdom and the European Union reach a new agreement surrounding modifications to the Northern Ireland Protocol.
5 Years (2020)
Feb 05: USA - The Senate acquitted Trump on both impeachment articles.
Feb 05: USA - The Senate acquitted Trump on both impeachment articles.
Feb 05: Death - Kirk Douglas, American actor, director and producer.
Feb 11: WHO names the coronavirus outbreak COVID-19.
Feb 11: Death - Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo musician from South African.
Feb 27: The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges by 4.4%, its largest one-day points decline in history, triggered by fears of the spreading coronavirus.
Feb 28: 29 NATO Allies meet expressing solidarity with Turkey after 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an air strike by the Syrian government forces during the ongoing Syrian civil war.
Feb 28: Death - Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
Feb 29: USA - A truce is signed between American troops, Afghan troops, and the Taliban.
10 Years (2015)
Feb 04: UK: New Zealand judge Lowell Goddard appointed to head historic child sex abuse inquiry.
Feb 13: UK: Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot convicted of indecent assault on 2 boys.
Feb 20: UK: Search on for 3 London schoolgirls heading for ISIL in Syria via Turkey.
Feb 27: Death of Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy aged 83.
Feb 27: Paul Gadd (Gary Glitter) jailed for 16 years for sexual abuse of 3 young girls.
15 Years (2010)
Feb 05: Death of English actor Ian Carmichael aged 89 ('Private's Progress', 'I'm All Right Jack' ).
Feb 11: Suicide of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen aged 40.
Feb 14: Death of author & former champion jockey Dick Francis aged 89.
Feb 19: UK: Special 'live' edition of BBC soap opera 'Eastenders' to mark 25th anniversary.
Feb 24: UK: ITN newsreader Julie Etchingham 1st woman to win RTS 'Presenter of the Year'.
20 Years (2005)
Feb 02: UK: 20th anniversary of BBC soap opera 'Eastenders'.
Feb 06: UK:Tony Blair becomes longest-serving Labour Prime Minister ( 2,838 days).
Feb 07: British sailor Ellen MacArthur sets fastest time for solo voyage around world.
Feb 10: Death of American playwright Arthur Miller aged 89.
Feb 10: Engagement of Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles announced.
Feb 14: Assassination of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Feb 15: United States: Launch of YouTube internet site.
Feb 16: Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol aiming to slow down global warming.
Feb 16: UK: 1st episode of UK version of 'The Apprentice' broadcast on BBC 2.
Feb 18: Hunting with dogs in England and Wales becomes illegal.
Feb 25: Death of Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International, aged 83.
25 Years (2000)
Feb 12: Death of cartoonist Charles M.Schulz, creator of 'Peanuts' comic strip.
Feb 13: Last orginal "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers worldwide.
Feb 23: Death of Blackpool, Stoke & England footballer Sir Stanley Matthews, 85.
30 Years (1995)
Feb 02: Death of English tennis champion Fred Perry aged 85.
Feb 03: US astronaut Eileen Collins becomes 1st woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
Feb 23: Death of English country vet & author James Herriot aged 78.
Feb 26: Collapse of Barings Bank, UK's oldest investment banking firm.
35 Years (1990)
Feb 02: S.Africa lifts 30-year ban on the African National Congress.
Feb 11: South Africa: Nelson Mandela released from prison after serving 27 years.
Feb 26: Soviet Union agrees to withdraw all 75,000 troops from Czechoslovakia.
40 Years (1985)
Feb 08: Death of Sir William Lyons. Co-founder of Jaguar Cars Ltd.
Feb 16: MoD civil servant Clive Ponting resigns over Belgrano Affair (Falklands War).
Feb 19: 1st episode of BBC TV soap opera 'Eastenders' broadcast in UK.
Feb 20: Legalisation of the sale of contraceptives in Ireland.
Feb 28: IRA mortar attack on RUC police station, Newry. 9 officers killed.
45 Years (1980)
Feb 25: UK: 1st episide of parliamentary comedy 'Yes, Minister' broadcast on BBC TV.
50 Years (1975)
Feb 11: Conservative Party elect their first woman leader: Margaret Thatcher.
Feb 14: Death of writer & author P.G.Wodehouse, creator of 'Jeeves & Worster'
Feb 21: Watergate Scandal: former Attorney General John Mitchell jailed.
Feb 28: London Underground train crash at Moorgate, Driver & 43 passengers killed.
60 Years (1965)
Feb 11: Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox in London.
Feb 15: Death of American singer Nat 'King' Cole aged 45.
Feb 16: British Railways chairman Dr Richard Beeching report outlines major rail cuts.
Feb 16: British Railways chmn Dr Richard Beeching report outlines major rail cuts.
Feb 21: Black civil rights leader Malcolm X assassinated in New York.
Feb 22: US President Johnson agrees to send 1st US combat troops to Vietnam.
Feb 23: Death of British-born American comedy actor Stan Laurel.
65 Years (1960)
Feb 03: UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan warns of "wind of change" in Africa.
Feb 05: Future British PM Margaret Thatcher maiden speech in House of Commons.
Feb 19: Birth of Queen Elizabeth II's third child, Prince Andrew.
70 Years (1955)
Feb 04: Birth of US technology entrepreneur Steve Jobs (Apple & Pixar).
Feb 22: 19 yr old US tennis star Maureen Connolly(Little Mo)retires after horse-racing accident.
Feb 22: US tennis star Maureen Connolly (Little Mo) retires at19, after horse-racing accident.
75 Years (1950)
Feb 22: Birth of British actress Julie Walters.
Feb 24: Labour PM Clement Attlee wins UK General Election but only a 5 seat majority.
Feb 24: Labour PM Clement Attlee wins UK General Election with a 5 seat majority.
80 Years (1945)
Feb 04: WW2: Allied Leaders Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin meet for Yalta Conference.
Feb 13: WW2: Allied aircraft bomb the German city of Dresden. Over 25,000 killed.
Feb 23: WW2: US Marines take Mt Suribachi on Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima.
Feb 24: WW2: Princess Elizabeth joins Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
85 Years (1940)
Feb 02: Birth of British comedian & actor David Jason ('Only Fools and Horses', 'A Touch of Frost').
Feb 06: Birth of British comedian Jimmy Tarbuck.
Feb 11: Death of British statesman & novelist John Buchan (The 39 Steps).
Feb 20: Birth of England footballer Jimmy Greaves.
Feb 29: USA: Film 'Gone With The Wind' wins 10 Academy Awards.
90 Years (1935)
Feb 13: Bruno Hauptmann guilty of kidnap & murder of Charles Lindbergh's son.
Feb 28: First production of nylon at DuPont research centre, Delaware USA.
95 Years (1930)
Feb 27: Birth of US actress Joanne Woodward ('The Three Faces of Eve').
100 Years (1925)
Feb 26: Adolph Hitler re-establishes Nazi Party in Munich after lifting of ban.
110 Years (1915)
Feb 01: Birth of Blackpool, Stoke & England footballer Sir Stanley Mathews.
Feb 04: Birth of British stage, film & TV comedian Sir Norman Wisdom.
185 Years (1840)
Feb 05: Birth of Scottish inventor John Boyd Dunlop.
Feb 10: Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha.
210 Years (1815)
Feb 26: Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from exile on the Island of Elba.
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