February 15th – Birthdays and Events
1998 - The Angel of the North, a 66ft tall steel sculpture by Antony Gormley is installed at Gateshead.
February 14th – Birthdays and Events
1984 - British ice skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the ice dance gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, gaining maximum points for artistic expression.
February 13th – Birthdays and Events
1996 - Take That split up, the biggest band of the 90s announced their demise in front of the world's press at The Hilton in Manchester
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.