Editing February 11 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[660 BC]] &ndash; Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by [[Emperor Jimmu]].<ref name=Trawicky>{{cite book |last1=Trawicky |first1=Bernard |title=Anniversaries and Holidays |date=2009 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=978-0-8389-1004-7 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dp2TAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[AD 55|55]] &ndash; The death under mysterious circumstances of [[Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus]], heir to the [[Roman Empire]], on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for [[Nero]] to become Emperor.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=BBC History|issue=February 2020|author=Dominic Sandbrook|title=Nero assassinates his stepbrother|page=12}}</ref>
* [[951]] &ndash; [[Guo Wei]], a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new [[Later Zhou]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Mote|first=Frederick W.|title=Imperial China, 900-1800|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=1999|isbn=9780674445154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQWW7QgUH4gC|page=95}}</ref>
*[[1144]] &ndash; [[Robert of Chester]] completes his translation from [[Arabic]] to [[Latin]] of the ''[[Liber de compositione alchemiae]]'', marking the birth of Western [[alchemy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history-science-technology.com/articles/articles+1.html|title=History Of Science And Technology In Islam|website=www.history-science-technology.com}}</ref>
*[[1534]] &ndash; At the [[Convocations of Canterbury and York|Convocation of Canterbury]], the Catholic bishops comprising the Upper House of the [[Province of Canterbury]] agree to style [[Henry VIII]] supreme head of the English church and clergy "so far as the law of Christ allows".<ref>{{cite book|last=Haigh|first=Christopher|title=English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society Under the Tudorslocation=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFmS2ng9z7wC|isbn=9780198221623|pages=106–109}}</ref>
*[[1584]] &ndash; A naval expedition led by [[Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa]] founds [[Nombre de Jesús (Patagonia)|Nombre de Jesús]], the first of two short-lived [[Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan|Spanish settlements in the Strait of Magellan]].<ref name=Martinic>{{cite book |last1=Martinic |first1=Mateo |author-link=Mateo Martinic |date=1977 |title=Historia del Estrecho de Magallanes |language=es |url=http://www.memoriachilena.cl/602/w3-article-10441.html |location=Santiago |publisher=Andrés Bello |pages=112–119}}</ref> 
*[[1586]] &ndash; Sir [[Francis Drake]] with an English force [[Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586)|captures and occupies]] the Spanish colonial port of [[Cartagena de Indias]] for two months, obtaining a ransom and booty.<ref name="Corbett pp.&nbsp;43–54">{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/details/drakeandtudorna00corbgoog| title = ''Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power'', Volume 2| year = 1965| publisher = New York, B. Franklin}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Assault on Copenhagen (1659)|The assault on Copenhagen]] by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Henry Wilkins|title=A Queen of Tears: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YWuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT183|year=1904|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4656-0740-9|pages=183}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; First session of [[United States Senate]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: On This Day: February 11, 1794 |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/anecdote/days/006week_0211.htm |website=www.senate.gov |access-date=11 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Jesse Fell]] burns [[anthracite]] on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Minerals Yearbook |date=1976 |publisher=Bureau of Mines |page=641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=My8KMnb3KqIC&pg=PA641 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Massachusetts]] governor [[Elbridge Gerry]] is accused of "[[gerrymandering]]" for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Jennifer |title=Elbridge Gerry and the Monstrous Gerrymander {{!}} In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2017/02/elbridge-gerry-and-the-monstrous-gerrymander/ |website=blogs.loc.gov |access-date=23 February 2020 |date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Carnival tragedy of 1823]]: About 110 boys are killed during a [[human crush]] at the [[Franciscan Church of St Mary of Jesus|Convent of the Minori Osservanti]] in [[Valletta]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flashback: Valletta stampede in 1823 killed 100 children |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20151118/local/Valletta-stampede-in-1823-killed-100-children.592551 |website=Times of Malta |date=18 November 2015 |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[University College London]] is founded as [[University of London]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=Matthew |title=Universities in the Age of Reform, 1800–1870: Durham, London and King's College |date=2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-76726-0 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYteDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Gaetano Donizetti]]'s opera ''[[La fille du régiment]]'' receives its first performance in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Fille du régiment — Productions — Royal Opera House |url=https://www.roh.org.uk/productions/la-fille-du-regiment-by-laurent-pelly |website=www.roh.org.uk |access-date=23 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[I Lombardi alla prima crociata]]'' receives its first performance in [[Milan]], Italy.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parker |first1=Roger |title=The New Grove Guide to Verdi and His Operas |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-972781-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge/page/67 67] |url=https://archive.org/details/newgroveguidetov00roge |url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; Kassa Hailu is crowned [[Tewodros II]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethiopia - The Zagwe and Solomonic dynasties |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia/|website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; The Kingdom of [[Awadh]] is annexed by the British [[East India Company]] and [[Wajid Ali Shah]], the king of Awadh, is deposed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Premchand |first1=Munshi |title=Premchand's Kazaki and Other Marvellous Tales |date=2014 |publisher=Hachette India |isbn=978-93-5009-562-1 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMdUAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Bernadette Soubirous]]'s first [[Lourdes apparitions|vision]] of the [[Our Lady of Lourdes|Blessed Virgin Mary]] occurs in [[Lourdes]], France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Bernadette of Lourdes {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Feast Day |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Bernadette-of-Lourdes |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with [[slavery]] in any [[U.S. state|state]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Masur |first1=Louis P. |title=Lincoln's Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union |date=2012 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-06753-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu/page/343 343] |url=https://archive.org/details/lincolnshundredd0000masu |url-access=registration |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; King [[Amadeo I of Spain]] abdicates, triggering the proclamation of the [[First Spanish Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Amadeus {{!}} king of Spain |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Amadeus-king-of-Spain |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografía de Amadeo I de Saboya (1871-1873) - Reyes y Reinas de la España Contemporánea |url=https://www.cervantesvirtual.com/portales/reyes_y_reinas_espana_contemporanea/amadeo_i_biografia/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes |language=es}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; The [[Meiji Constitution]] of Japan is adopted.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boscaro |first1=Adriana |last2=Gatti |first2=Franco |last3=Raveri |first3=Massimo |title=Rethinking Japan Vol 2: Social Sciences, Ideology and Thought |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-88081-1 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHh0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT48 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)|9th Symphony]] receives its first performance in [[Vienna]], Austria.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) |url=https://mahlerfoundation.org/en/mahler/personen-2/bruckner-anton-1824-1896 |website=Mahler Foundation |date=6 January 2015 |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius X]] publishes the encyclical ''[[Vehementer Nos]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chadwick |first1=Owen |title=A History of the Popes, 1830-1914 |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-926286-1 |page=394 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xtbLJZOKxx8C&pg=PA394 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Ebert]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]), is elected [[President of Germany]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Weimar Republic {{!}} Facts, Constitution, & Downfall |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Weimar-Republic |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; The [[Kingdom of Italy]] and the [[Holy See|Vatican]] sign the [[Lateran Treaty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lateran Treaty - Oxford Reference |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100052999 |website=www.oxfordreference.com |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en }}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show]] in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February 1933 |title=Red Squad-Communists Clash at City Hall |url=https://digitallibrary.californiahistoricalsociety.org/object/34527 |magazine=Open Forum |page=1 |volume=10 |issue=8 |issn=0030-3429 |oclc=4098587}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Flint sit-down strike]] ends when [[General Motors]] recognizes the [[United Auto Workers]] trade union.<ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Jerry |title=Eighty-two years since the victory of the Flint sit-down strike |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/02/11/flin-f11.html |website=www.wsws.org |date=11 February 2019 |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[BBC One|BBC Television]] produces the world's first ever [[Science fiction on television|science fiction television]] programme, an adaptation of a section of the [[Karel Čapek]] play ''[[R.U.R.]]'', that coined the term "[[robot]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Danny |title=78 Years Ago Today, BBC Aired the First Science Fiction Television Program |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/78-years-ago-today-bbc-aired-first-science-fiction-television-program-180958126/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Second day of the [[Battle of Bukit Timah]] is fought in [[Singapore]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hack |first1=Karl |last2=Blackburn |first2=Kevin |title=War Memory and the Making of Modern Malaysia and Singapore |date=2012 |publisher=NUS Press |isbn=978-9971-69-599-6 |page=110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yO_wBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[New Testament]] of the [[Revised Standard Version]] of the [[Bible]], the first significant challenge to the [[Authorized King James Version]], is published.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Omissions in New Revised Standard Version |url=https://www.ministrymagazine.org/archive/1946/07/omissions-in-new-revised-standard-version |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.ministrymagazine.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Revised Standard Version Bible Committee |url=https://www2.oberlin.edu/archive/archon_pdfs/RSV_Bible_Committee_Inventory.pdf |website=[[Oberlin College]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=David Closson and Jaelyn |title=Does 1 Corinthians 6:9 Really Condemn Homosexual Sex? |url=http://www.frcblog.com/2021/08/does-1-corinthians-69-really-condemn-homosexual-sex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803080058/https://frcblog.com/2021/08/does-1-corinthians-69-really-condemn-homosexual-sex/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=www.frcblog.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=30 Mar 2006 |title=I Preface to the Revised Standard Version |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0034408520470401 |journal=Religious Education |language=en |volume=47 |issue=4 |pages=243–247 |doi=10.1080/0034408520470401 |issn=0034-4087 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] denies all appeals for clemency for [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Philipson |first1=Ilene J. |title=Ethel Rosenberg: Beyond the Myths |date=1993 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-1917-3 |page=345 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8g6JU4hTJ2AC&pg=PA345 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Israel–Russia relations|Israeli-Soviet relations]] are severed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Govrin |first1=Yosef |title=Israeli-Soviet Relations, 1953-67: From Confrontation to Disruption |date=1998 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7146-4872-9 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-yxoaPHwmQC&pg=PA3 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Federation of Arab Emirates of the South]] is created as a [[protectorate]] of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rabi |first1=Uzi |title=Yemen: Revolution, Civil War and Unification |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85772-531-8 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6eeKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA35 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1963]] — [[The Beatles]] recorded their first album ''[[Please Please Me]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-14 |title=Please Please Me |url=https://www.beatlesbible.com/albums/please-please-me/ |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=The Beatles Bible |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; Japan launches ''[[Ohsumi (satellite)|Ohsumi]]'', becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1970-011A| title = Ohsumi | access-date = 2020-04-05 | work = NASA NSSDC Master Catalog | publisher = National Space Science Data Center}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; Cold War: the [[Seabed Arms Control Treaty]] opened for signature outlawing [[nuclear weapon]]s on the ocean floor in [[international waters]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Experts |first1=Disha |title=Exclusive Social, Polity & Economy Topics for Civil Services (IAS/IPS) Prelims & Mains Exam |date=2019 |publisher=Disha Publications |isbn=978-93-89418-24-8 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnGrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA222 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314]] crashes at the [[Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport]] in [[Cranbrook, British Columbia]], Canada with 42 deaths and seven survivors.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|date=|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-275 C-FPWC Cranbrook Airport, BC (YXC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19780211-0|access-date=2021-02-10|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; The [[Iranian Revolution]] establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1979: Victory for Khomeini as army steps aside |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_3477000/3477323.stm |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 1979}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Nelson Mandela]] is released from [[Drakenstein Correctional Centre|Victor Verster Prison]] outside [[Cape Town]], South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=David |title=From the archive, 12 February 1990: Nelson Mandela: A man whose time has come at last |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/dec/06/1990-nelson-mandela-victor-verster-prison |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=6 December 2013}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Buster Douglas]], a 42:1 underdog, [[Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas|knocks out]] [[Mike Tyson]] in ten rounds at Tokyo to win [[boxing]]'s world Heavyweight title.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Paul |title=From the Vault: Mike Tyson is knocked out by 42–1 underdog Buster Douglas |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/feb/11/mike-tyson-underdog-buster-douglas-boxing-from-the-vault |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on a [[STS-82|mission]] to service the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warnock |first1=Lynda |title=NASA - STS-82 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-82.html |website=www.nasa.gov |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] crosses Neptune's orbit, ending a nearly 20-year period when it was closer to the Sun than the gas giant; Pluto is not expected to interact with Neptune's orbit again until 2231.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weintraub |first1=David A. |title=Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey through the Solar System |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5297-0 |page=250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW1_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] is launched on [[STS-99]] to conduct the [[Shuttle Radar Topography Mission]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-99 |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-99.htm |access-date=25 April 2024 |website=www.spacefacts.de}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; A Dutch programmer launched the [[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova virus]] infecting millions of [[email]]s via a trick photo of the [[tennis]] star.<ref>{{cite web |title=CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Kournikova virus suspect arrested - February 14, 2001 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/02/14/kournikova.virus/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; Rebel [[East Timor]]ese soldiers [[2008 East Timorese assassination attempts|seriously wound]] President [[José Ramos-Horta]]. Rebel leader [[Alfredo Reinado]] is killed in the attack.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Greener |first1=B. K. |last2=Fish |first2=W. J. |title=Internal Security and Statebuilding: Aligning Agencies and Functions |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63133-0 |page=102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUqcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA102 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Arab Spring]]: The [[Timeline of the Egyptian revolution of 2011|first wave]] of the [[2011 Egyptian revolution|Egyptian revolution]] culminates in the resignation of [[Hosni Mubarak]] and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt Uprising of 2011 |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Egypt-Uprising-of-2011 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=24 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; The Vatican confirmed that [[Pope Benedict XVI]] would [[Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI|resign the papacy]] as a result of his advanced age.<ref>{{cite web |title=Frail Pope Benedict to step down |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=13 February 2020 |date=11 February 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; Militants claiming to be from the [[Sultanate of Sulu]] invade [[Lahad Datu District]], [[Sabah]], Malaysia, beginning the [[2013 Lahad Datu standoff|Lahad Datu standoff]].<ref name="CNN1">{{cite web|author=Jethro Mullen|date=15 February 2013|title=Filipino group on Borneo claims to represent sultanate, Malaysia says|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/asia/malaysia-philippines-standoff|access-date=25 February 2013|publisher=[[CNN]] }}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; A military transport [[2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash|plane crashes]] in a mountainous area of [[Oum El Bouaghi Province]] in eastern [[Algeria]], killing 77 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=One survivor as 77 killed in Algeria plane crash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/12/one-survivor-algeria-plane-crash |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=12 February 2014}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A university student was [[Murder of Özgecan Aslan|murdered]] as she resisted an attempted rape in [[Turkey]], sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and [[violence against women]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Helen |title=Rape and murder of young woman sparks mass Twitter protest in Turkey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/17/turkish-woman-ozgecan-aslans-sparks-anti-violence-campaign-sendeanlat |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=17 February 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; A man [[2016 Ad Dair shooting|shoots]] seven people dead at an education center in [[Jazan Province|Jizan Province]], Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shooting at Saudi office 'kills six' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35552037 |website=[[BBC News]] |access-date=24 February 2020 |date=11 February 2016}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[North Korea]] [[Pukguksong-2|test fires a ballistic missile]] across the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref name=WashingtonPostFeb2017>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-fires-ballistic-missile-first-since-trump-elected-in-us/2017/02/11/42d6cb57-d187-4b2a-bafb-6834c97799b0_story.html|title=North Korea fires ballistic missile, first since Trump elected in U.S.|last1=Fifield|first1=Anna|date=February 11, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Saratov Airlines Flight 703]] crashes near [[Moscow]], Russia with 71 deaths and no survivors.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bennetts |first1=Marc |title=Russian passenger plane crashes outside Moscow, killing 71 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/11/russian-passenger-plane-saratov-airlines-flight-6w703-crashes-outside-moscow-reports |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=11 February 2020 |date=11 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: The [[World Health Organization]] officially names the coronavirus outbreak as [[COVID-19]], with the virus being designated [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]].<ref>{{cite web|date=11 February 2020|title=Coronavirus disease named Covid-19|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51466362|access-date=11 February 2020|website=BBC}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[2024 Finnish presidential election]]: [[Alexander Stubb]] is elected as the [[President of Finland|13th president of Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/11/world/europe/finland-election-nato.html|title=Finland Elects Alexander Stubb President as It Ushers in NATO Era|first1=Erika|last1=Solomon|first2=Johanna|last2=Lemola|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 February 2024|access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>