* Anniversary of Hama massacre, which occurred from February 2 to February 28, 1982.

* 1982 – February 1982 Hama massacre: the government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.

* February 12 – Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre.

* February 25 – Vietnam War: Ha My massacre.

* February 12 – Tay Vinh massacre: Vietnam War.

February 5: Gnadenhutten massacre.

** MacDonald family massacre: Jeffrey R. MacDonald kills his wife and children at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, claiming that drugged-out " hippies " did it. February 11: Ōsumi ( satellite ) launched

* February 2 – The Hama massacre begins in Syria.

The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre took place on February 25, 1994 when Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli physician and resident of Kiryat Arba, opened fire on Muslims at prayer in the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29, and wounding 125 before the survivors overcame and killed him.

Though Jack McGurn would beat the massacre charges, he would be murdered in a Chicago bowling alley on February 15, 1936.

The duration of the massacre is not clearly defined, although the violence lasted at least until early February 1938.

In February 2007, the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) adopted a resolution to identify those responsible for the 1947 228 Incident massacre of Taiwanese people in order to charge them for war crime and crime against humanity.

The massacre, led by Jakub Szela ( born in Smarżowa ), is also known as the Galician Massacre, and began on February 18, 1846.

During the Akali movement, on 20 February 1921, Narain Das, the Udasi mahant ( clergy ) of the gurdwara at Nankana Sahib, ordered his men to fire on Akali protesters, leading to the Nankana massacre.

Papon was in charge of the Paris police during the February 1962 massacre at the Charonne metro station, which took place during a peaceful anti-Organisation armée secrète ( OAS ) demonstration organized by the Communist Party ( PCF ).

In February 1945, the so-called Porzus massacre occurred, in which the Yugoslav partisans and the Italian Communists killed several members of the Italian non-Communist resistance members.

The 228 Incident, 2 / 28 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre, or 2 / 28 for short, was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947 which was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang ( KMT )- led Republic of China government and which resulted in the massacre of numerous civilians, beginning on February 28, or 2 / 28.

Early in the morning of 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution and the Jacobite uprising of 1689 led by John Graham of Claverhouse, a massacre took place in Glen Coe, in the Highlands of Scotland.

The biggest single loss of life was the first Markale marketplace massacre on 5 February 1994, in which 68 civilians were killed and 200 were wounded.

On 6 February 1994, a day after the first Markale marketplace massacre, UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali formally requested NATO to confirm that air strikes would be carried out immediately.

On February 14, 1929, in an event which has become known as the Saint Valentine's Day massacre, seven members of his gang were gunned down in a warehouse, supposedly on the orders of Moran's rival Al Capone.

In 1936 " Machine Gun " Jack McGurn, who helped orchestrate the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre for Capone, was found murdered on February 15, seven years and one day after the massacre.

His son Birendra assumed the throne on 24 February 1975 but died 1 June 2001 along with siblings Dhirendra, Shanti and Sharada in the Nepalese royal massacre.

In February he and Gratian had published an edict that all their subjects should profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria ( i. e., the Nicene faith ), or be handed over for punishment for not doing so.

* In February 2003, the Boomerang Nebula was observed to have been releasing gases at a speed of 500, 000 km / h ( over 300, 000 mph ) for the last 1, 500 years.

Groups often join one another in on-campus concerts, such as the Georgetown Chimes ' Cherry Tree Massacre, a 3-weekend a cappella festival held each February since 1975, where over a hundred collegiate groups have appeared, as well as International Quartet Champions The Boston Common and the contemporary commercial a cappella group Rockapella.

Charlton played 14 times for United in that first season, scoring twice on his debut and managing a total of 12 goals in all competitions, and including a hat-trick in a 5 – 1 away win over Charlton Athletic in the February.

The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.

Sky News had had a free hand with domestic news for over eight years ( since 5 February 1989 ) and being owned by News International their papers were used to criticise the BBC for extending its news output.

The driest month of the year is February with an average of of precipitation over 9. 4 days.

Separation between the formation of aircraft and their maneuver altitude is gradually reduced over the course of about two months in January and February.

On the night of 29 February and the early morning of 1 March three Italian brigades advanced separately towards Adwa over narrow mountain tracks, while a fourth remained camped.

In February to March 1979, China and Vietnam would fight the brief Sino-Vietnamese War over the issue.

Their combined army freed Chile with a daring assault over the Andes in 1817, defeating the Spaniards at the Battle of Chacabuco on February 12 and marking the beginning of the Patria Nueva.

In the February 1998 national election, PUSC candidate Miguel Ángel Rodríguez won the presidency over PLN nominee Jose Miguel Corrales.

Until their win over Occidental on February 22, 2011 the team had not won a game in conference play since 1985.

The current National Chairman is Colin Valentine, who took over from Paula Waters in February 2010.

In February 1809 one Thomas Windeatt, from Bridgetown, Totnes, took over the lease of a plot of land ( a " newtake ") of about 582 acres in the valley of the River Swincombe.

On February 18, 2006, a Saturday, The Rolling Stones surpassed that mark by far, attracting over 1. 5 million people to the beach.

* Colin Powell demands answers over Curveball's WMD lies, Ed Pikington, Helen Pidd and Martin Chulov, The Guardian, February 16, 2011

In the resulting February 1990 elections, Violeta Chamorro and her party the UNO won an upset victory of 55 % to 41 % over Daniel Ortega, even though polls leading up to the election had clearly indicated an FSLN victory.

To assist the new government, since February 2000 the United Nations has had the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo ( now called MONUSCO ), which currently has a strength of over 16, 000 peacekeepers in the country.

In February 1969, Day filed suit against Rosenthal and won the then-largest civil judgment ( over $ 20 million ) in the state of California.

At a February 2, 2010 congressional hearing, Senator John McCain read from a letter signed by " over one thousand former general and flag officers ".

On February 11, 2012, after the sudden death of Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton stated, " Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston.

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, the Red Wings set the NHL record for most consecutive wins at home in a single season by winning their 21st home game with a 3-1 victory over the Dallas Stars, and on Sunday, February 19, 2012, defeated the San Jose Sharks to record their 23rd consecutive home victory, breaking the overall record previously held by the Boston Bruins over two seasons from 1929-1930.