In February 2009, the US State Department issued a travel alert directed at college students planning spring break trips to Acapulco.

A free agent at the end of the season, on February 11, 2009, Dunn agreed to a two-year $ 20 million contract with the Washington Nationals.

* The Madrigals of Alessandro Scarlatti Lecture / performance at the University of Minnesota, February 2009

On February 8, 2010, Edward Sazonov, Physical Activity Innovations LLC, was awarded the title of Bluetooth Innovator of the Year for 2009.

Norway saw its first finding in February 2009, when cows at two farms in Vest-Agder in the south of Norway showed an immune response to bluetongue.

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

Liechtenstein claims restitution for ( which is ten times the size of Liechtenstein ) of land in the Czech Republic confiscated from its princely family in 1918 by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Czech Republic ; the Czech Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power ; Liechtenstein did not diplomatically recognize the Czech Republic until 2009, and the Czech Republic in turn did not diplomatically recognize Liechtenstein.

In February 2009, Science Daily reported that the Southern Indian Ocean is becoming less effective at absorbing carbon dioxide due to changes to the regions climate which include higher wind speeds.

The Korea Republic national football team have also used the ground twice in recent years for international friendlies, first against Greece in February 2007 and then against Serbia in November 2009.

The Chilean alternative duo The Paintings formed in Santiago de Chile, 2009 by Eija-Lynn and Hieronymus released their debut album Tiny Tales Of Tides & Suns in February 2010.

Map of the 2008 – 2009 cholera outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa showing the statistics as of 12 February 2009.

In February 2009, Cahiers was acquired from Le Monde by Phaidon Press, a worldwide publishing group which specialises in books on the visual arts.

President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.

The issue sold out in three weeks, but as of February 17, 2009 the DVD was made available for members of the Disney movie club for $ 29. 95.

The announcement indicated pay would be restored to the February pay-cut levels ( 10 % for management, 5 % for salary employees, 2. 5 % for hourly workers ) in May 2009.

However, as of February 2009, at least four players must wear numbers between 50 and 79 on first, second, or third down, which by rule would make them ineligible receivers.

According to NOAA, El Niño conditions were in place in the equatorial Pacific Ocean starting June 2009, peaking in January – February.

Ben Bernanke ( lower-right ), Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on February 10, 2009.

* 1941 – Lee Redmond, owner of the longest fingernails until February 10, 2009

She has served as Commissioner since February 2009.

David Bagration of Mukhrani, married Ana Bagration-Gruzinsky on 8 February 2009 at the Tbilisi Sameba Cathedral.

On 6 February 2009, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first human biological drug produced from such an animal, a goat.

In February 2009, the Polish paper Polska wrote that over one third of the Federation top officials were former Nazi activists, and based this on an article published by the German magazine Der Spiegel in 2006.

On 11 February 2009 Tsvangirai was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.

Jean Ping the Deputy Prime Minister of Gabon who has a Chinese people | Chinese father and a black Gabonese mother was elected as Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on 1 February 2008.

Margot Käßmann, former Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover and Chairperson of the Council of the EKD from 2009 until February 2010, was the first woman to head the EKD.

Alpha Oumar Konaré ( born 2 February 1946 ) was the President of Mali for two five-year terms ( 1992 to 2002 ), and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.

On 1 February 2008, Jean Ping of Gabon was elected to succeed him ; Ping officially succeeded Konaré as Chairperson of the Commission on 28 April 2008.

* Monday, 15 February 2010, Linnart Mäll, First UNPO Chairperson, Passes Away, www. unpo. org

Kikwete was also the Chairperson of the African Union from 31 January 2008 to 2 February 2009.

In July 2012, upon his appointment as Convenor of the Executive Council for the new Chief Executive, CY Leung, despite much public concern at a possible conflict of interest, he retained his postion as Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission, held since February 2010.

She was designated Chairperson of the International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization ( APO ) in February 2008.

Former Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, who was the 2009 Chairperson of the African Union ( AU ), advanced the idea of a United States of Africa at two regional African summits: first in June 2007 in Conakry, Guinea, and again in February 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

* CEO: John Replogle took over as President and CEO in February 2011, taking over from Chuck Maniscalco, who had served in that position since June 2009 when Jeffrey Hollender stepped aside to become Executive Chairperson.

He was inaugurated as president on 7 April 2011 and succeeded Salou Djibo who was in power as Chairperson of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy since 19 February 2010.

He was elected the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission in July 2003 held in Maputo, Mozambique, and held the office until 6 February 2008, when he was succeeded by Erastus J. O. Mwencha.

Pope John Paul II's apostolic constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister of 25 January 1983, and the norms issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on 7 February 1983, for its implementation on diocesan level continued the work of simplification already initiated by Pope Paul VI.

On February 18, 2010, it was announced that Shapiro ( following the end of the 2010 season ) would be promoted to team President, with current President Paul Dolan becoming the new Chairman / CEO, and longtime Shapiro assistant Chris Antonetti filling the GM role.

On a separate matter, PNG Trade and Industry Minister Paul Tiensten was quoted in Fiji Village on 21 February 2006 as saying that sanctions against Fiji were being considered, following a Fijian refusal of a PNG kava shipment and an earlier rejection of corned beef shipped from PNG.

# One day after the Reichstag fire on February 27, 1933, President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg, acting at Hitler's request and on the basis of the emergency powers in article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, issued the Reichstag Fire Decree.

As a side note, writer Paul Krassner published a story in the February 1981 issue of High Times, relating how Groucho prepared for the LSD-themed movie by taking a dose of the drug in Krassner's company, and had a moving, largely pleasant experience.

Widespread discontent in Haiti began in 1983, when Pope John Paul II condemned the regime during a visit, finally provoking a rebellion, and in February 1986, after months of disorder, the army forced Duvalier to resign and go into exile.

Mehmet Ali Ağca (; born January 9, 1958 ) is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkish prison.

Pope Gregory XV ( 9 January or 15 January 1554 – 8 July 1623 ), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was pope from 1621, succeeding Pope Paul V on 9 February 1621.

The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers was set up by the Motu Proprio Dolentium Hominum of 11 February 1985, by Pope John Paul II who reformed the Pontifical Commission for the Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers into its present form in 1988.

On February 20, 1996, the Court granted a change of venue and ordered that the case be transferred from Oklahoma City to the U. S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, to be presided over by U. S. District Judge Richard Paul Matsch.

On February 16, 2010, Ono revived an early Plastic Ono Band line-up with Eric Clapton and special guests including Paul Simon and Bette Midler.

* February 7 – Paul Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

File: Goldchat1. jpg | Gold record for Chattanooga Choo Choo presented to Glenn Miller ( right ), by W. Wallace Early of RCA Victor with announcer Paul Douglas on the left, February, 1942.

* February 16 – Lyn Paul, English singer

* February 14 – Pope Paul VI issues a motu proprio deleting many names from the Roman calendar of saints ( including Valentine, who was celebrated on that day ).

* February 19 – Paul Krause, American football player

* February 23 – Paul Tibbets, American WWII bomber pilot of the Enola Gay ) ( d. 2007 )

* February 5 – Paul Miki, Japanese Catholic saint ( b. 1564 )

* February 20 – Paul Kane, Irish-born painter ( b. 1810 )

* February 23 – Paul Claudel, French poet, dramatist, and diplomat ( b. 1868 )

* February 23 – Paul Krugman, American economist

* February 15 – Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French colonial missionary and first governor of Montréal ( d. 1676 )

* February 8 – Pope Julius III succeeds Pope Paul III as the 221st pope.

* February 5 – Paul Barbette, Dutch physician ( d.