23 Feb 1886     The Times published the world’s first classified ad.
23 Feb 1958     Five-time World F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio was kidnapped by rebels, but released the following day after the Cuban Grand Prix.
23 Feb 1965     Stan Laurel died.
23 Feb 1996     ‘Trainspotting’ directed by Danny Boyle was released in UK cinemas.
23 Feb 1997     Scientists in Scotland announce they have cloned a sheep and named it ‘Dolly’.

24 Feb 1854     The Penny Red became the first perforated official postage stamp.
24 Feb 1920     Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons.
24 Feb 1981     Prince Charles and Lady Diana announced their engagement.
24 Feb 2008     Fidel Castro retired as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years.
24 Feb 2010     Sachin Tendulkar scored the first double century in One Day International cricket.

25 Feb 1951     The first Pan American Games were officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
25 Feb 1957     Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded ‘That’ll Be the Day’.
25 Feb 1964     Cassius Clay won his first world heavyweight boxing title beating Sonny Liston.
25 Feb 1991     The Warsaw Pact was disbanded at a meeting of its members in Budapest.
25 Feb 2018     Marit Bjoergen of Norway became the most successful Winter Olympic athlete of all time. (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country.

26 Feb 1815     Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba.
26 Feb 1839     The first Grand National was won by Jem Mason on the 5/1 favourite Lottery.
26 Feb 1881     P&O’s SS Ceylon began the world’s first round-the-world pleasure cruise from Liverpool.
26 Feb 1914     HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
26 Feb 1946     General Juan Perón was first elected President of Argentina.
26 Feb 1935     RADAR was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.
26 Feb 1995     The UK’s oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapsed after a rogue broker Nick leeson lost $1.4 billion.

27 Feb 1900     The British Labour Party was founded.
27 Feb 1900     FC Bayern Munich was founded.
27 Feb 2002     Spike Milligan died.
27 Feb 2015     Leonard Nimoy died.

28 Feb 1922     Princess Mary married Viscount Lascelles at Westminster Abbey.
28 Feb 1975     A London underground train failed to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashed into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
28 Feb 1984     Michael Jackson won 8 Grammy Awards.
28 Feb 1991     Gulf War ended after Iraq accepted a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait.
28 Feb 1998     Pamela Anderson divorced Tommy Lee after 3 years of marriage.
28 Feb 1993     Tony Curtis married his fifth wife Lisa Deutsch.
28 Feb 2013     Pope Benedict XVI resigned as the pope.

29 Feb 1692     The first people were accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
29 Feb 1960     The first Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opened in Chicago.
29 Feb 1968     The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
29 Feb 2012     86 year old Dick Van Dyke married his second wife.

1 Mar 1872       Yellowstone became the world’s first national park.
1 Mar 1901       The Australian Army was formed.
1 Mar 1921       The Australian cricket team became the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes.
1 Mar 1946       The Bank of England was nationalised.
1 Mar 1973       Pink Floyd released their 8^th studio album ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ that went on to sell over 50 million copies worldwide.
1 Mar 1989       ‘Baywatch’ star David Hasselhoff divorced Catherine Hickland after nearly 5 years of marriage.
1 Mar 1998       Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.