In 1912 the United States Supreme Court adopted a new set of rules of equity which became effective on February 1, 1913.

Abraham Lincoln ( February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 ) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

Albert Sidney Johnston ( February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862 ) served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army.

A court case allowing the União do Vegetal to import and use the tea for religious purposes in the United States, Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, was heard by the U. S. Supreme Court on November 1, 2005 ; the decision, released February 21, 2006, allows the UDV to use the tea in its ceremonies pursuant to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

As of February 18, 2008, carriers in the United States were no longer required to support AMPS and companies such as AT & T and Verizon have discontinued this service permanently.

Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility, who operated AMPS networks in Canada, announced that they would observe the same timetable as outlined by the FCC in the United States, and as a result would not begin to dismantle their AMPS networks until after February 2008.

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

Army of Darkness premiered on October 9, 1992 at the Sitges Film Festival, and was released in the United States on February 19, 1993.

Army of Darkness was released by Universal Pictures on February 19, 1993 in 1, 387 theaters in the United States, grossing $ 4. 4 million ( 38. 5 % of total gross ) on its first weekend.

A Blu-ray and DVD release of season 9, titled Beavis and Butt-head-Volume 4, was released on February 14, 2012 in the United States.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ( right ) and President of the United States | U. S. President Barack Obama ( left ) meet in Ottawa in February 2009

By February 1948, because of massive post-war military cuts, the entire United States army had been reduced to 552, 000 men.

In response the United States Navy launched the Johanna Expedition in February 1852 to gain the release of Moores and extract compensation.

In February 1962, the United States launched an embargo against Cuba, and Lansdale presented a 26-page, top-secret timetable for implementation of the overthrow of the Cuban Government, mandating that guerrilla operations begin in August and September, and in the first two weeks of October: " Open revolt and overthrow of the Communist regime ".

In February 1856, the Chesbrough plan for the building of the United States ' first comprehensive sewerage system was approved by the Common Council.

In February 2006, a University of California Blue Ribbon Commission that included Lawrence Korb, a former assistant defense secretary during the Reagan administration, William Perry, Secretary of Defense in the Clinton administration, and professors from the United States Military Academy released their assessment of the GAO's analysis of the cost of DADT released a year earlier.

To promote it in the United States, Mercury Records financed a coast-to-coast publicity tour in which Bowie, between January and February 1971, was interviewed by radio stations and the media.

United States Executive Order 9066 was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones.

* Groundhog Day: February 2, United States and Canada

* Abraham Lincoln's birthday: February 12, United States

* George Washington's birthday: February 22, United States ( often coincides with President's Day, see above )

* Earliest day on which National Wear Red Day can fall, while February 7 is the latest ; celebrated on the first Friday in February ( United States )

On February 6, 1862, Union Navy gunboats quickly reduced the defenses of ill-sited Fort Henry, inflicting 21 casualties on the small remaining Confederate force.

Moreover, the Swedish Navy escorted the German naval squadron, transporting German weapons to the Finnish Whites, and allowed the squadron to pass through Swedish territorial waters in February 1918.

Gavin MacLeod ( born Allan George See, February 28, 1931 ) is an American actor notable for playing Joseph " Happy " Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat.

Captain James Cook, FRS, RN ( 7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779 ) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

He became Naval Assistant to Controller of the Navy in February 1902.

* Jubilee Medal " 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy " ( 22 February 1948 )

The former Navy Ministry became the Imperial Admiralty on 1 February 1872, while Stosch became formally an admiral in 1875.

The Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ), like the Russians, often combined their TBs ( which possessed only hull numbers ) with their torpedo boat destroyers ( TBDs ) ( often simply referring to them as destroyers ) and launched over 270 torpedoes ( counting the opening engagement at Port Arthur on 8 February 1904 ) during the war.

Grant's troops, in close collaboration with the Union Navy under Foote, successfully captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River on February 6, 1862 and nearby Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River on February 16.

* Yorktown-class aircraft carrier ( 12 May 1938 – 17 February 1947 ), the seventh ship to bear this name, served with unparalleled distinction in World War II, becoming the most-decorated vessel in the history of the U. S. Navy.

In February 1942, either he or his wife ( accounts differ ) approached the U. S. after it had entered the war, contacting U. S. Navy Lieutenant Patrick Demorest in the naval attache's office in Lisbon, who recognised Pujol's potential.

* February 20 – Lieutenant Edward O ' Hare becomes America's first U. S. Navy WWII flying ace.

* February 28 – Otto Dowling, United States Navy Captain, and the 25th Governor of American Samoa ( d. 1946 )

* February 20 – Louis M. Goldsborough, United States Navy admiral ( b. 1805 )

* February 10 – Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.

* February 2 – James C. Jarvis, United States Navy officer ( b. 1787 )

* February 6 – The Royal Navy gains a victory off Santo Domingo ( see Action of 6 February 1806 ).

* February 4 – Daniel Turner, officer in the United States Navy ( b. 1794 )

* February 3 – Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, Congressman from Massachusetts secretary of U. S. Navy ( b. 1772 )

* February 4 – Edward Fitzgerald Beale, American Navy Lieutenant and explorer ( d. 1893 )

* February 18 – Louis M. Goldsborough, United States Navy admiral ( d. 1877 )

* February 15 – The British Royal Navy ship HMS Royal Katherine runs aground off Bolt Head in England with the loss of 699 lives.