* February 5-In another rematch of a 1966 world title fight, Dick Tiger retains his world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen round split decision over former world champion José Torres.

* February 5-In their second of their classic six fight rivalry, Jake LaMotta defeats Sugar Ray Robinson by a ten round unanimous decision, in Detroit.

He purchased the school of at Newport, Isle of Wight, in December 1836, reopened it as a preparatory school on 20 February 1837, and moved it to Montpelier Road in Brighton in December 1837.

* February 12 – The electric car belonging to Henry Lindfield of Brighton runs away on a hill in Purley, London, England, and hits a tree ; thus he becomes the world's first fatality from an automobile accident on the public highway.

The St Kilda to Brighton Beach Electric Street Railway closed on 28 February 1959 and was replaced by buses.

In February 2012 the UK's first Green-controlled council ( Brighton and Hove ) caused controversy when they stated their intention to raise the rent for a standard 250 m < sup > 2 </ sup > plot to £ 110 per year with many people suggesting that this was contrary to the environmental agenda on which they were elected.

* Lawrence Cockburn ( Edinburgh, Midlothian, 25 February 1822-Brighton, Victoria, 2 September 1871 ), a squatter, married at Brighton, Victoria, in 1859 to Annie Maria Smith, and had one son:

Finally, he married fourthly to Vivien Irene Felton, formerly Mrs. Conner ( 19 February 1920 – Brighton, Sussex, 1992 ) in 1965.

On 17 February 1869 John Mayall, Charles Spencer and Rowley Turner rode from Trafalgar Square, London, to Brighton in 15 hours for 53 miles.

*" February 14th " / " Into the Mission "-one-sided 7 " given out at a Brighton gig

Frederick William Robertson ( 3 February 1816 – 15 August 1853 ), known as Robertson of Brighton, was an English divine.

After an interim period, when Tim Hawkins from Brighton held the reins, established Edinburgh Book Festival and Fringe manager Kath Mainland was appointed in February 2009 to stabilise the situation, and became the Fringe's first Chief Executive.

It was quickly followed by the London and Brighton Railway ( September 1841 ), and the South Eastern Railway ( formerly the South Eastern and Dover Railway ) in February 1844.

* From February 10 to November 2, 1964, the Brighton Express tracks were closed for platform extensions.

In February 2006 the local newspaper, The Argus, reported that Brighton & Hove City Council had accepted the name of Fr.

* The Brighton Lewes and Hastings Railway, created February 1844, opened in June 1846.

BBC Radio Sussex had originally been founded on 14 February 1968 as BBC Radio Brighton, broadcasting from studios in Marlborough Place.

The author James Joyce, who was born nearby at 41 Brighton Square in Rathgar on 2 February 1882, was baptised at St. Joseph's church on 5 February by Rev.

He has been the manager of Dartford, Southend United, Dover Athletic, Gillingham, Leicester City, Brighton and Hove Albion, Hull City, Crystal Palace, Stevenage Borough, Wycombe Wanderers and Bradford City, leaving the last role in February 2011.

The girls were born in Brighton, Sussex, England, on 5 February 1908.

As of February 2001, it was one of 70 Grade II *- listed buildings and structures, and 1, 218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove.

In February 2003, he was loaned out to Wimbledon, where he impressed by scoring on his debut against Brighton and going on to make nine further appearances for the Dons.

He opened his Norwich goalscoring account with a brace, late on in Norwich's 3 – 0 home win against Brighton on 14 February 2006.

It was just over two years later that Byrne made his debut, it was a day to forget for Byrne as Charlton Athletic thrashed the Reds 5-1 in a league match at The Valley on the 28 September 1957, he had to wait a further 4½ years for his first goal which came in the 52nd minute of a 3-1 2nd Division win over Brighton at Anfield on 3 February 1962.

Another UK and Ireland tour took place in January and February 2007, taking in venues in Penzance, Bristol, Cambridge, Milton Keynes, Manchester, Newcastle, Coventry, Brighton, Belfast, Dublin, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Sheffield.

He arrived back in England on 14 February 1958, eight days after the crash.

In 1968, he studied glass in Venice on a Fulbright Fellowship and received a Master of Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1971, with the support of John Hauberg and Anne Gould Hauberg, Chihuly founded the Pilchuck Glass School near Stanwood, Washington. About the Pilchuck Glass School from their websiteIn 1976, while Chihuly was in England, he was involved in a head-on car accident during which he flew through the windshield. Glass Houses: Dale Chihuly Files a Lawsuit That Raises Big Questions ... About Dale Chihuly, a February 2006 article from The Stranger His face was severely cut by glass and he was blinded in his left eye.

Capello took charge of his first game on 6 February 2008 against Switzerland, in which England won 2 – 1.

In February 2012, Fabio Capello resigned from his role as England manager, following a disagreement with the FA over their request to remove John Terry from team captaincy after accusations of racial abuse concerning the player.

Oxford left England in the first week of February, and a month later was presented to the King and Queen of France.

It was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England.

Thus, in England and Wales or in Hong Kong, a person born on February 29, 1996, will have legally reached 18 years old on March 1, 2014.

The sudden death of his father in February 1579 prompted Bacon to return to England.

William's envoy Everhard van Weede Dijkvelt visited England between February and May 1687, instructed to persuade James to help contain French aggression.

The following season he was in the West Ham side which lost the League Cup final on aggregate to West Bromwich Albion, and in February 1966 he was given his debut for England by manager Alf Ramsey.

A large number of indoor rowing competitions are held all over the world, including the indoor rowing world championships ( also known as CRASH-B Sprints ) held in Boston, Massachusetts, United States in February and the British Indoor Rowing Championships held in Birmingham, England in November ; both are rowed on Concept2s.

Sir John Tenniel ( Bayswater, London, 28 February 1820 – 25 February 1914 ) was a British illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist whose work was prominent during the second half of England ’ s 19th century.

The National Stadium hosted two group matches ( Pakistan v. South Africa on 29 February and Pakistan v. England on 3 March ), and a quarter-final match ( South Africa v. West Indies on 11 March ) during the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

* 1628 – Writs issued in February by Charles I of England mandate that every county in England ( not just seaport towns ) pay ship tax by this date.

Max Newman was born Maxwell Neumann in Chelsea, London, England, on 7 February 1897.

Upon the death of Charles II without legitimate issue in February 1685, the Duke of York became King as James II in England and Ireland and James VII in Scotland.

Mary I ( 18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558 ) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.

Inspecting the Calgary Highlanders in England, February 12, 1943

Turner brought the stone to England aboard the captured French frigate HMS Egyptienne, landing in Portsmouth in February 1802.

In February 1860, he went to England for the New York Illustrated News to depict one of the major sporting events of the era, the prize fight between the American John C. Heenan and the English Thomas Sayers sponsored by George Wilkes, publisher of Wilkes ' Spirit of the Times.

; Dew Drop Inn Tour: The third world tour began on February 23, 1996 in Ipswich, England, and ended on November 11, 1996 in Boulder.

England ’ s declaration against " cruel and unusual punishments " was approved by Parliament in February 1689, and was read to King William III and his wife Queen Mary II on the following day.

* February 7 – Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom ( and her five other Commonwealth realms ) at St. James's Palace, London, England.