Events that happened in February – Can you name the year?
Will and Guy have a surprise – there are no jokes on this page, just a challenge to you – can you name the year?
All these 40 events happened in February – But in which year?
The values in brackets is the leeway that I give you.
Example: 1904 Russo (Russian) – Japanese War starts. (10 years)
Exact Answer 1904, leeway 1894-1914.
1st 1902 China’s empress Tzu-hsi ends practice of women binding their feet. (50 Years)
4th 1948 Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, declares independence from UK. (30 Years)
5th 1922 The first Reader’s Digest magazine is published. (20 Years)
6th 1935 The first Monopoly board game sold. (10 Years)
8th 1983 Shergar the racehorse is kidnapped. (5 Years)
9th 1895 Volleyball invented by W Morgan. (25 Years)
10th 1840 Queen Victoria marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. (10 Years)
10th 1916 Conscription begins in Britain. (20 Years)
11th 1945 Yalta Agreement signed by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. (5 Years)
12th 1709 Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez. (50 Years)
14th 1929 Chicago Valentine’s Day Massacre Chicago (5 Years)
14th 1924 Thomas Watson forms IBM Corporation (20 Years)
15th 1959 Barbie Doll goes on sale. (5 Years)
17th 1867 The first ship sails through Suez Canal (30 Years)
18th 1564 Michelangelo dies in Rome. (50 Years)
18th 1864 Mark Twain publishes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (30 Years)
18th 1930 Pluto, the ninth planet, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. (20 Years)
19th 1906 William Kellogg founds the breakfast cereal company of the same name. (40 Years)
20th 1472 Orkney and Shetland annexed to the crown of Scotland. (100 Years)
21st 1947 Edwin Land demonstrates the Polaroid camera (25 Years)
21st 1931 Alka Seltzer introduced (20 Years)
22nd 1879 Frank Woolworth opens his first ‘ Woolworths’ store New York state. (30 Years)
22nd 1907 Cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London. (20 Years)
23rd 1455 Gutenberg prints the first Bible. (75 Years)
23rd 1836 The siege of the Alamo began (40 Years)
24th 1821 Mexico declares its independence from Spain. (60 Years)
26th 1924 The trial of Adolf Hitler and General Ludendorff begins in Munich (10 Years)
27th 1997 Divorces become legal in Ireland. (30 Years)
28th 1066 Westminster Abbey Opens (200 Years)
28th 1784 John Wesley charters Methodist Church (40 Years)
Bonus Which date in February are these?
Valentine’s Day 14th February
