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62 - Pompeii earthquake; strikes Pompeii, Italy.
1783 - Calabrian earthquakes; a sequence of strong earthquakes begins in Calabria.
1869 - The largest alluvial gold nugget in history, called the "Welcome Stranger", is found in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
1971 - Apollo Program: Apollo 14; Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell land on the Moon.
2008 - Super Tuesday tornado outbreak: A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves 57 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak.
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1169 - Sicily earthquake; strikes the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of victims, especially in Catania.
1783 - Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1794 - France abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
1797 - Riobamba earthquake; strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1825 - The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
1961 - Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit;
1967 - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
1975 - Haicheng earthquake; (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning China.
1976 - In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1993 - Russian space agency tests a 82-foot wide space mirror
1998 - Afghanistan earthquake; An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
Sri Lanka Independence Day
World Cancer Day
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1488 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, becoming the first known European to travel so far south.
1931 - Hawke's Bay earthquake; New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
1966 - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9).
1966 – USA launched the first climatic satellite ESSA.
1972 - Deadliest snowstorm in history: Iran blizzard; which would kill at least 4,000 people.
1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-41-B.
1995 - Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for mission STS-63 is launched - Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.
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1536 - Pedro de Mendoza founds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
1653 - New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
1899 - Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra between Sydney and Melbourne.
1994 - Czech Republic diplomatically recognized the Republic of Macedonia.
WORLD WETLANDS DAY
HEDGEHOG DAY
GROUNDHOG DAY
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1796 - The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
1814 - Mayon Volcano in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
1918 - Russia adopts Gregorian calender (becomes Feb 14)
1949 - 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used
2003 - Space Shuttle program, STS-107 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.