FEBRUARY 19
1473: Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born
1878: American inventor Thomas Edison patents the gramophone
1855: The first weather map is presented at the French Academy of Sciences
1969: First test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet
1980: English all-rounder Ian Botham scores a century and takes 13 wickets in a Test match against India
FEBRUARY 20
1547: Nine-year-old Edward VI crowned King of England and Ireland
1835: Nearly 5,000 people die in an earthquake that destroys Concepcion, Chile
1872: New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
1921: Reza Khan Pehalvi leads a bloodless coup to take control of Iranian Army. He would later become Shah of Iran
1944: Batman and Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1947: Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
1976: Muhammad Ali knocks out Jan Pierre Coopman to win the heavyweight boxing title
1986: U.S.S.R. (Soviet Union) launches Mir space station into Earth orbit
FEBRUARY 21
1707: Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir dies after a 49-year reign
1922: Great Britain grants independence to Egypt
1970: Jackson 5, featuring 12-year old Michael Jackson, makes TV debut on American Bandstand
1997: Star Wars movie Empire Strikes Back, special edition, premieres
FEBRUARY 22
1732: First American President George Washington is born
1956: Elvis Presley hits Billboard’s Top 10 for the first time with Heartbreak Hotel
1958: Australian swimmer Jon Konrads sets six world records in two days
1971: Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
1980: Underdog USA hockey team shocks defending champion U.S.S.R. 4-3 in Winter Olympics en route to a gold medal
1991: Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya makes Test debut against New Zealand at Hamilton
FEBRUARY 23
1633: Samuel Pepys, English politician and diarist, is born
1821: English poet John Keats dies of tuberculosis at age 25
1861: US President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly for his inauguration, thwarting an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore
1940: Walt Disney’s animated movie Pinocchio is released
1965: English comedian Stan Laurel of Laurel & Hardy fame dies at age 74
1974: South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs is born
1978: Kiran Baloch, Pakistan’s women cricketer, is born
2003: Canada’s John Davison scores the fastest World Cup century off 67 balls against the West Indies
FEBRUARY 24
1836: American inventor Samuel Colt receives a patent for a ‘revolving gun’, later known as a revolver
1974: Pakistan officially recognises Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan
1981: Pakistani pacer Mohammad Sami is born
1981: Britain’s Prince Charles engaged to Lady Diana Spencer
1987: Sri Lankan cricketer Chamara Kapugedera born
2003: Kenya beats Lanka by five wickets in World Cup match in Nairobi
2010: By scoring 200 not out against South Africa in Gwalior, India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a double century in One-Day internationals
FEBRUARY 25
1815: Napoleon Bonaparte leaves the island of Elba, to return to France
1862: Paper currency introduced in U.S. by President Abraham Lincoln
1945: World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
1947: State of Prussia ceases to exist.
1964: Cassius Clay (later Mohammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
1989: Mike Tyson technically knocks out Frank Bruno to win the heavyweight boxing title
1989: Pakistan’s Javed Miandad scores 271 against New Zealand at Eden Park
1993: World champions Pakistan dismissed for 43 runs against the West Indies, then the lowest score in One-Day cricket
2009: By scoring 313 against Sri Lanka during the Karachi Test, Younis Khan (313) became the third Pakistani and the first captain to score a triple century in Tests
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