On This Day – 22nd February 1632
Galileo’s dialogue concerning the “Two Chief World Systems” is published. It was published in the Italian language, at Florence in
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On This Day – 20th February 1965
Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. It was a lunar
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On This Day – 16th February 1962
Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people. This flood is
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On This Day – 14th February 2005
YouTube, the video-sharing website, is launched on 14th February 2005 by the trio of former PayPal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen
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On This Day – 12th February 1974
Stephen Kovac received a patent for a magnetic heart pump. This magnetic heart was completely battery powered.
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On This Day – 9th February 1986
Halley’s Comet scientifically known as 1P/Halley, last appeared in the inner Solar System. This short-period comet is only visible from our planet after every 74–79 years. The
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On This Day – 8th February 1942
World War II: Japan invades Singapore, following the fall of the British colony. This invasion was a major turning point
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On This Day – 7th February 1979
Pluto moves inside Neptune’s orbit for the first time since either was discovered. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and was originally
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On This Day – 2nd February 1920
The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. Representatives of the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic signed
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On This Day – 1st February 1793
French Revolutionary Wars: With new powers like Portugal and Spain entering the Coalition after the execution of King Louis XVI, France declared war on the
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