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On This Day in History ~ February ~ février ~ febbraio ~ február
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Feb16 |
1937 |
Nylon patented |
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Feb17 |
2002 |
Short track skater Steven Bradbury won Australia's first Winter Olympics gold medal when the four skaters in front of him fell over on the last corner |
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| 1909 | Geronimo, the last Apache chief to surrender, died in custody | ||
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Feb18 |
1984 |
After 400 years the naval dockyard at Chatham closed | |
| 1930 | The American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto | ||
| 1901 | Sir Winston Churchill made his maiden speech in parliament |
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| 1678 | The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan was published | ||
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Feb19 |
2001 |
The French singer Charles Trenet died | |
| 1975 |  Iceland broke off diplomatic
relations with the UK over a fishing dispute |
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| 1878 | Edison patented the phonograph | ||
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Feb20 |
1985 |
The Irish parliament legalised the sale of contraceptives | |
| 1971 | Idi Amin declared himself president of Uganda | ||
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Feb21 |
1741 |
Jethro Tull, inventor of the seed drill, died | |
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Feb22 |
1907 |
The first purpose built cinema in Britain, the Central Hall in Colne, Lancashire, opened | |
| 1879 | Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first shop in Utica, New York | ||
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Feb23 |
2000 |
 Legendary
footballer Sir Stanley Mathews died |
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