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THIS MONTH IN HISTORYFEBRUARY

01/02/2014 Maximilian Schnell. Famous Austrian – Swiss Actor, Director, Producer & Screenwriter dies..


02/02/1829 Charles Sturt discovered Darling River, Australia.02/02/1862 New Zealand’s first railway, the Don Mountain line, is opened in Nelson.02/02/1882 James Joyce. Irish novelist and poet, is born.02/02/1943 The last German troops surrendered in the Battle of Stalingrad during WWII.


03/02/1809 Felix Mendelsson, German composer, born.03/02/1821 Elizabeth Blackwell, first modern woman doctor, born.03/02/1966 Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft landed on the moon.04/02/1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) became independent.


04/02/2012 The death of Florence Green. Britain’s last surviving veteran of W.W.1. dies.06/02/1685 King Charles II of England dies.06/02/1840 Waitangi Day, New Zealand.06/02/1911 Ronald Reagan. American actor & 40th President of the USA is born.06/02/1912 Eva Braun. Adolf Hitler’s mistress is born.


06/02/1952 King George VI of England dies.06/02/1952 Elizabeth II became Queen of the UK.06/02/1958 8 Manchester United players are killed in the Munich Air Disaster.07/02/1812 Charles Dickens, British novelist is born.07/02/1856 The Tasmanian Parliament became the 1st ever Parliament to provide for elections by secret ballot.07/02/1912 Sir Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born.


07/02/1935 The game ‘Monopoly’ was invented.07/02/1974 Grenada becomes independent.07/02/1990 The collapse of the Soviet Union is finalised.07/02/2009 Brian Naylor, Australian Television Broadcaster, who was a victim of the Victorian fires, dies.07/02/2009 173 people died in the Victorian Bushfires.07/02/2014. The winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia opens.


08/02/1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed.08/02/1725 Tsar Peter 1st of Russia dies.08/02/1828 Jules Verne, French novelist is born.09/02/1737 Thomas Paine, American author of “The Rights of Man” is born.09/02/1770 Captain James Cook completed the circumnavigation of the North Island of New Zealand.09/02/1897 Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is born.


09/02/1900 The Davis Cup Tennis competition was established.09/02/1922 Jim Laker, famous English cricketer is born.09/02/1944 Derryn Hinch, Australian Media personality is born.10/02/1955 Glenn McGrath. Famous Australian cricketer is born.10/02/1955 Greg Norman. Famous Australian Golfer, is born.


10/02/1964 A collision occurred between the Australian Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne and the Destroyer HMAS Voyager & 82 sailors were killed.10/02/2005 Arthur Miller. American Playwright and author of “The Crucible” dies.10/02/2014 Shirley Temple. Famous American childhood actress, singer, dancer & Diplomat dies.


11/02/1847 Thomas A. Edison inventor is born.11/02/2012. Whitney Houston. Famous American singer dies.12/02/1809 Charles Darwin, British naturalist is born.


12/02/1912 Russell Drysdale, Australian painter, is born.13/02/1743 Sir Joseph Banks the botanist who sailed with Captain James Cook is born.14/02 Valentine’s Day14/02/1779 Capt. James Cook is killed by natives in Hawaii.14/02/1966 Australia converts from Pounds Sterling to Decimal Currency.


14/02/2014 Sir Tom Finney. Famous English Footballer for Preston North End dies aged 95.


15/02/1564 Galileo, Italian astronomer and physicist, is born. 15/02/1874 Sir Ernest Shackelton. Irish Antarctic explorer is born.15/02/1965 Nat King Cole. American singer dies.15/02/1942 The Japanese conquered Singapore in WWII.15/02/1970 Sir Hugh Dowding. Commander of the RAF Fighter Command during WWII, dies.


17/02/1801 An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was resolved when the House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson as President & Aaron Burr as Vice President of the USA.17/02/1864 Banjo Paterson, Australian poet, lawyer and grazier is born.18/02/1516 Mary Ist. The first reigning queen of England is born.18/02/1898 Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari Motor Company is born.


18/02/1965 Gambia becomes an independent nation.19/02/1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, is born.19/02/1878 Thomas A. Edison patented the phonograph.20/02/1962 John H. Glenn, Jr. Astronaut, became the first American to orbit the Earth.21/02/1613 Mikhail 1st was elected Tsar of Russia beginning the Romanov Dynasty.


18/02/2014. Maria Von Trapp . Whose life the Musical and Film the sound of Music was based on dies. .


21/02/1848 Karl Marx & Friederick Engels published the Communist Manifesto.21/02/1910 Douglas “Tin Legs” Bader. English WWII Fighter pilot is born.21/02/1916 The Battles of Verdun began during WWI21/02/1924 Robert Mugabe – Current President of Zimbabwe is born.21/02/1965 American Civil Rights Leader Malcolm X was assassinated.


21/02/1972 US President Richard Nixon visited China thereby establishing Diplomatic Relations between the 2 countries.21/02/2004 John Charles, Welsh Footballer dies.22/02/1857 Robert Baden Powell, founder of the Scout movement is born.22/021879 Norman Lindsay, Australian artist and writer, born.22/02/1905 Sir John Mills, English actor, is born.22/02/1935 Senator Edward Kennedy is born.


22/02/2011. An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurs in Christchurch, New Zealand killing 185 people.23/02/1633 Samuel Pepys, English diarist, is born.23/02/1685 George Frederic Handel, composer, is born in Germany.23/02/2014. The closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics takes place.24/02/1582 Pope Gregory 13th announced the Gregorian Calendar.


24/02/1920 The Nazi Party was founded in Germany.24/02/1993 Sir Bobby Moore, English Footballer, dies.24/02/2008 Fidel Castro retires as President of Cuba after nearly 50 years.24/02/2011. Final launch of the Space Shuttle “Discovery.”25/02/1723 Sir Christopher Wren, English Architect, dies.


25/02/1861 Rudolph Steiner, Austrian Philosopher & Educator is born.25/02/1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, is born.25/02/1938 Herb Elliot, Australian champion athlete, is born.25/02/1985 Benji Marshall, NZ Rugby League Player, is born.25/02/2001 Sir Donald Bradman, Australian Cricketer, dies.26/02/1802 Victor Hugo, French Writer, is born.


26/02/1815 Napoleon escapes from the island of Elba.26/02/1829 Levi Strauss, German Clothing Designer, is born.26/02/1935 The German Air Force “The Luftwaffe” was reformed.27/02/1902 John Steinbeck, American writer, is born.27/02/1932 Elizabeth Taylor, British actress, is born.

28/02/2013. Pope Benedict 16th. resigns as Head of the Catholic Church

becoming the first Pope since 1415 to

do so.29/02/2012. Davy Jones of the British Pop Group: The

Monkees dies.

THIS MONTH IN HISTORY FEBRUARY

QUOTE OF THE MONTHFEBRUARY

“ In come the dollars, in come the cents; to replace the pounds and the shillings and the pence. Be prepared folks when the coins begin to mix; On the 14th of February 1966.”

The gingle used to announce that Australia was converting to decimal currency on the 14th. February 1966.

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