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1 February 1953
P.C. Lemarr rescues pig during the great floods in South East England.
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2 February 1965
Millionth Mini comes off the production line, Longbridge, Birmingham.
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3 February 1778
Benjamin Franklin at the French Court during the mission that won the alliance.
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4 February 1932
The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, USA.
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5 February 1925
The Cairo Season. British visitors 'Doing' the Pyramids in conventional style.
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6 February 1958
Tragic plane crash in Munich, where seven members of the Manchester United football team were among the twenty three killed.
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7 February 1952
The New Queen Comes Home after the death of the King. Greeted by Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden and Lord Woolton, at London Airport.
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8 February 1941
London's fifteen year old milkwoman, Rose Brown of Marcia Road, Walworth doing her rounds.
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9 February 1962
Xanadu of Carloway an Afgan Hound Dog being groomed by owner Mrs G Taylor of Esher Surrey at Crufts Dog Show, Olympia, London.
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10 February 1996
Buildings in London's Docklands damaged by an IRA bomb signalling an end of ceasefire.
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11 February 1949
Sandy Saddler tries to cover a punch from Willie Pep. Madison Square Garden, New York, USA.
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12 February 1961
Fidel Castro showing the way for the workers as he cuts sugar cane in a field, Havana, Cuba.
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13 February 1936
Winter Olympics - Maxie Haible and Ernst Baier who won the gold medal in the mixed pairs figure skating event.
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14 February 1929
St Valentine's Day Massacre. Chicago, Illinois, USA
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15 February 2002
The coffin of Princess Margaret leaves St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
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16 February 1951
Edward Wilson waiting to be evacuated with a leg wound. Korean War.
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17 February 1939
Adolf Hitler is presented with the prototype Volkswagen
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18 February 1906
HMS Dreadnought first launched.
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19 February 1960
Homebound office workers read the happy evening news of the birth of a Prince (Andrew) to Her Majesty The Queen.
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20 February 1947
Young girl testing the ice next to a sign from HM Office of Works - 'Danger - Any person going on the ice is liable to a fine of five pounds'
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21 February 1952
Elizabeth Taylor aged 19 marries Michael Wilding aged 39.
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22 February 1962
Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel - Gangster and part time owner of the $5,000,000 Flamingo Club in Las Vegas gunned down whilst reading a newspaper in the Beverly Hills home of Allen Smiley.
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23 February 1934
The largest whale skeleton ever exhibited weighing 10 tons, in the new Whale Hall at The National History Museum.
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24 February 1997
Geri Halliwell sings with the Spice Girls in her famous union jack dress at the Brit awards.
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25 February 1856
Conference of Paris at the end of the Crimean War, called by Napoléon III with the Foreign Affairs ministers of the European states.
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26 February 1953
The production line of a television factory in Tokyo, Japan.
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27 February 1926
King George V shakes hands with the French team before their match against England at Twickenham.
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28 February 1932
Adolf Hitler becomes a German citizen by being made a professor at the University of Brunswick and delivering one lecture.
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29 February 1880
Completion of the 9 1/4 mile-long St Gotthard Tunnel beneath the Alps, linking Italy and Switzerland by rail.
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