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24th February, 1940: The song "When You Wish Upon a Star" is recorded by Frances Langford. It becomes a major hit and it is still one of the most recognizable songs today.

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22nd February, 1997: Scottish scientists from the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh announce they have successfully cloned an adult sheep named Dolly. The sheep was born in July of 1996, and Dolly was the world's first cloned mammal.

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21st February, 1965: African American leader Malcolm X was assassinated while delivering a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City.

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20th February, 1986: It was announced that a tunnel channel would be built by France and Britain. This underground travel path is referred to as the “Chunnel”. Since 1994, the Channel Tunnel has been used for the passing of trains, cars, and buses, which cross under the English Channel in less than a half hour.

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19th February, 1959: Britain, Turkey and Greece sign joint agreement giving Cyprus independence.

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18th February, 1930: Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh located a new planet while in the observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and named it after the Greek god of the underworld, Pluto. Just recently, 2006, Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet.

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17th February, 1986: The National Critics Book Circle Award was given to Anne Tyler. The award was given for her novel, The Accidental Tourist.

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16th February, 2005: The National Hockey League officially cancelled its 2004-2005 season today after salary negotiations failed between the players and clubs.

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15th February, 1965: It was proclaimed by Queen Elizabeth II of England that the Maple Leaf would become Canada’s new national flag symbol. This new Canadian national flag had been raised on this day above Parliament Hill in Ottawa, which is the Capital of Canada.

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14th February, 1962: First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gives a tour of the White House shown on Television.

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13th February, 1967: The Beatles release the double A-sided single in the United Kingdom with "Penny Lane" on one side and "Strawberry Fields Forever" on the other.

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12th February, 1912: Hsuan-Tung, the last emperor of China, is forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution, ending 267 years of Manchu rule in China and 2,000 years of imperial rule.

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11th February, 1916: Emma Goldman who worked as a nurse and midwife among the poor in New York who was also a crusader for women’s rights and social justice, is arrested in New York City for lecturing and distributing materials about birth control.

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10th February, 1964: Bob Dylan releases "The Times They Are a-Changin" his 3rd album, by Columbia Records. The album is seen as a protest album featuring songs about issues such as racism, poverty, and social change.

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9th February, 1979: England forward Trevor Francis signs for Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side in Britain's first £1m transfer deal.

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8th February, 1952: Princess Elizabeth has formally proclaimed herself Queen and Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith declaring her reign as Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second.

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7th February, 1964: The Beatles arrive on their first visit to the United States, where Thousands of fans greet them at Kennedy Airport in New York in what can only be described as Beatle Mania.

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6th February, 1954: Mercedes introduced the 300SL coupe, the car is far advanced of anything else with its gull-wing doors a six-cylinder engine and a top speed of 155mph.

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5th February, 1922: DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila Wallace publish the first Reader's Digest magazine designed to provide abridged articles on a wide variety of subjects, for easy reading.

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4th February, 1938: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released and had major success in the box-office, making more money than any other motion picture up till that point.

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