6 febbraio 1952 (69 Anni)
George VI King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth, died.
6 febbraio 1952 (69 Anni)
George VI King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth, died.
6 febbraio 1986 (35 Anni)
Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, best known for his design of the World Trade Center, dies.
7 febbraio 1986 (35 Anni)
Yamasaki, one of the most prominent American architects of the 20th century, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City, died in Michigan, USA.
8 febbraio 1591 (430 Anni)
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Italian Baroque painter, best known as Guercino, was born.
8 febbraio 1820 (201 Anni)
William Tecumseh Sherman, General in the Union Army during the American Civil War, was born.
9 febbraio 1814 (207 Anni)
Samuel Tilden, an American lawyer and politician, Governor of New York and Democratic Presidential Candidate, is born.
9 febbraio 1943 (78 Anni)
WWII: The Guadalcanal Campaign, fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943, the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan, ended.
9 febbraio 1943 (78 Anni)
The Battle of Shanghai, the 1st and bloodiest battle fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, ended.
9 febbraio 1986 (35 Anni)
Halley's Comet reached perihelion its closest approach to the Sun during its 1986 visit. It will be back in July 2061.
10 febbraio 1567 (454 Anni)
Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, dies in alleged assassination.
10 febbraio 1840 (181 Anni)
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
10 febbraio 1890 (131 Anni)
The Russian poet Boris Pasternak, best known for his novel Doctor Zhivago, was born.
10 febbraio 1906 (115 Anni)
HMS Dreadnought, a battleship of the Royal Navy that revolutionized naval power, was launched.
10 febbraio 1939 (82 Anni)
Morte di Papa Pio XI, sovrano dello stato indipendente di Città del Vaticano.
10 febbraio 2005 (16 Anni)
Arthur Miller, American playwright, essayist, and a major figure in the twentieth-century American theater, dies aged 89.
11 febbraio 1936 (85 Anni)
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, one of the most elaborate cinematic critiques of the effects of mass production on 20th century life, premiered in the UK.
11 febbraio 1938 (83 Anni)
BBC produces the world's first ever science fiction TV program, an adaptation of a part of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".