February 12th – Birthdays and Events
2017 - Elaine Hopley, a 45 year old Scottish mother-of-two, broke the solo female record in a prestigious rowing race across the Atlantic.
February 11th – Birthdays and Events
1990 - Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
February 10th – Birthdays and Events
1840 - Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, both aged 20, were married in St James' Palace, London. This was the first marriage of a reigning English Queen since Queen Mary in 1554.
February 9th – Birthdays and Events
1997 - Fox cartoon series "The Simpsons" airs the167th episode. It is the longest-running American animated series, longest-running American sitcom, and the longest-running American scripted primetime television series, both in seasons and individual episodes.
February 8th – Birthdays and Events
1983 - Shergar, the legendary Thoroughbred racehorse, was stolen by gunmen. Shergar was retired after a successful season in 1981 and was valued at ten million pounds.
February 7th – Birthdays and Events
1964 - Beatlemania arrived in the United States when the Beatles landed in New York. Over 5,000 screaming fans greeted the Pan Am Flight 101 from London, UK to get a glimpse of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.
February 6th – Birthdays and Events
1958 - Seven Manchester United footballers (Busby’s Babes) died in their Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador when the plane crashed in thick snow on the runway at Munich airport during its third attempted take off.
February 5th – Birthdays and Events
2004 - The Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. Twenty-three Chinese cockle pickers died after becoming trapped by incoming tides off the Lancashire coast. A further 15 cockle pickers survived and the disaster left an indelible mark on all those it affected.
February 4th – Birthdays and Events
2013 - A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park in August 2012 was confirmed as that of King Richard III. He was the last king of the House of York and died in 1485.