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February 17Happy Birthday to American rock musician and Green Day singer, Billie Joe Armstrong (1972). In 1904, the famous opera Madame Butterfly premières at La Scala in Milan. |
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February 18In 1977, the Space Shuttle Enterprise is tested on its maiden flight, carried on top of a Boeing 747. In 1979, snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history. |
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February 19In 1985, The Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger releases his debut solo album, She's the Boss. In 2011, an exhibition of artifacts from the Belitung ship, which sank on a voyage from Africa to China in the year 830 AD, opens in Singapore. It is the largest collection of Tang Dynasty artifacts ever found in one location. |
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February 20Until March 16 at the DOB Hualamphong Gallery on Rama 4 Road, see No Confidence Man, an exhibition of prints and mixed-media artworks by Japanese artist Hisashi Kurachi. The gallery is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more details, call 02 614 6741. In 1998, at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, 15-year-old American figure skater Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest individual gold-medalist in the history of the Winter Olympics. |
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February 21Birthday wishes go out to Canadian actress Ellen Page (1987). In 1947, in New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates his Polaroid Land Camera, the world’s first instant camera, at a meeting of the Optical Society of America. |
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February 22See Tattoo Colour, Scrubb, Slot Machine, Better Weather, Flure, Greasy Café and many more popular bands at Rimpha Music Festival 3. The festival runs from 4 pm until late at Pha Thairock in Saraburi. Tickets are 900 baht at Thai Ticketmajor. For more information, call 02 565 3456. It’s the last day at the Jim Thompson Art Centre on Rama I Road to see mnemonikos: Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles. Curated by artist Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, the exhibition features work from 29 Thai and international artists. The gallery is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more details, call 02 614 6741. |
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February 23In 1999, American rapper Eminem releases his second album, The Slim Shady LP. The record later wins a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and is added to Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 1991, in Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. |
