1- In February 1956, a young woman named Lucy Autherine became the first African-American student to integrate the University of Alabama.
2- In February of 1784, the first trading ship sent to China from the United States set sail from New York, arriving in China in August.
3- In living memory, it was not until February 18, 1979 that snow fell on the Sahara Desert.
4- In February of 1993, Kim Young-sam was sworn in as South Korea's first civilian President in 32 years.
5- In February of 1917, an enormous demonstration was held in Petrograd, Russia to protest against food shortages.
6- The most dramatic announcement in modern South African history was made on February 2, 1990.
7- In February of 1954, the President of Syria fled the country following riots, and a revolt by the army.
8- In February of 1994, the Russian government voted to pardon participants in an armed rebellion against President Boris Yeltsin in October 1993, and a Soviet coup attempt in 1991.
9- In February of 1968, Wilt Chamberlain became the first professional basketball player to score over 25,000 career points.
10- On February 28, 1971, the male electorate of Liechtenstein refused to grant women the right to vote.
11- In February of 1920, Adolf Hitler, spokesman for an extremist political group in Germany, outlined the organization's program to create a Third German Reich.
12- In February of 1981, an army lieutenant colonel and a group of civil guards burst into the Spanish Parliament firing shots in a failed coup attempt.
13- On February 3rd, 1945, United States airplanes dropped 3,000 tons of explosives on the German city of Berlin.
14- In February of 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up, and began disintegrating on entry into the atmosphere as it was coming back to earth to land.
15- In February of 1920, Adolf Hitler, spokesman for an extremist political group in Germany, outlined the organization's program to create a Third German Reich.
16- sponsorIn February of 1945, the Egyptian Prime Minister was assassinated in Parliament just minutes after reading a declaration of war on Germany and Japan.
17- I will have been studying English for five years next February.
18- Rio's carnival is held in February.
19- Composer Giacomo Puccini's romantic opera, "La Boheme", had its world debut in Italy in February of 1896.
20- Cast your ballot for the candidate that promises to restore your trust in government.
21- Vote for Isabel McKenzie on February 10th.
22- In February of 1979, China invaded Vietnam in retaliation for what it called Vietnamese aggression over the previous six months.
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24- Valentine's Day on February 14th dates back to a Roman festival of youth, when young people chose their sweethearts by lottery.
25- We had a short vacation in February.
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