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February 16In 1874, the silver dollar becomes legal US currency. In 1998, China Airlines Flight 676 crashes into a road in a residential area near Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, killing all 196 people aboard and seven more on the ground. |
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February 17Birthday wishes go out to American basketball star Michael Jordan (1963). In 1996, NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft takes off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid. |
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February 18Until February 28 at Neilson Hays Library on Surawong Road, see Flotsam & Jetsam, a mixed media exhibition by artist Deborah Coffey that explores what might remain when personal possessions disappear in a natural disaster. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. For more details, call 02 233 1731. In 1979, snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history. |
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February 19Today and tomorrow, indie music fans shouldn’t miss Hostess Club Bangkok, an international music event featuring performances by highly-acclaimed bands Belle and Sebastian, The Thurston Moore Band, Caribou, Temples, Tune-Yards and Real Estate at 7 pm at Muang Thai Gmm Live House, Central World. Tickets are 1,000 to 1,800 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. In 1942, during World War II, about 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people. |
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February 20Happy Birthday to English singer-songwriter and singer of The Stone Roses, Ian Brown (1963). In 1998, at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, 15-year-old American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest ever gold-medalist. |
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February 21In 1986, the popular action-adventure video game The Legend of Zelda is released in Japan. In 1965, political activist Malcolm X is assassinated in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam. |
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February 22In 1993, Radiohead’s first album, Pablo Honey, is released. The album features the band’s biggest hit single, “Creep.” In 1997, in Roslin, Scotland, scientists announce that an adult sheep has been successfully cloned. |
