Super Bowl XLIV
Feb 7 Super Bowl XLIV, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Miami, FL; New Orleans Saints beat Indianapolis Colts, 31-17; MVP: Drew Brees, New Orleans, QB
- Feb 8 747-8 Freighter takes off for its maiden flight from Paine Field, Washington
- Feb 11 60th Berlin International Film Festival: "Honey" wins the Golden Bear
- Feb 12 XXI Winter Olympic Games open in Vancouver, Canada
- Feb 13 A bombing at the German Bakery in Pune, India, kills 10 and injures 60 more
Grammy Awards
Feb 13 Jason Mraz wins two Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ("Make It Mine") and Best Pop Collaboration ("Lucky" with Colbie Caillat)
- Feb 14 52nd Daytona 500: Jamie McMurray, driving for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing wins; Mark Martin, oldest polesitter in Daytona 500 history at 51 years, 27 days
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 14 59th NBA All-Star Game, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX: East beats West, 141-139; MVP: Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat, G
1st Olympic Gold by a Canadian in Canada
Feb 14 Alexandre Bilodeau wins the Gold Medal in the freestyle skiing men's moguls event, becoming the first Canadian to win a Gold Medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympics
- Feb 14 America's Cup: Team USA defeats Alinghi 2-0 to win in Spain
Event of Interest
Feb 18 Bibliothèque nationale de France purchases the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova a for €7 million
- Feb 20 On the Portuguese Atlantic island of Madeira heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.
- Feb 21 "Claybourne Park" by Bruce Norris opens off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in New York (1st play to win a Tony and a Pulitzer) [1]
BAFTA Awards
Feb 21 63rd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "The Hurt Locker" Best Film, Kathryn Bigelow Best Director
- Feb 22 Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region
Big Girl
Feb 23 Danielle Steel’s novel “Big Girl” is published
- Feb 23 Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million litres of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in Northern Italy, causing an environmental disaster.
- Feb 24 Europe risks a double-dip recession after bad results emerge from France, Germany and Italy, it is reported today; the Eurozone only grew by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2009
Cricket History
Feb 24 Sachin Tendulkar scores the first double century in One Day International cricket
- Feb 26 41st NAACP Image Awards: "Precious" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
- Feb 26 Opera "Madame White Snake", by Boston Opera composed by Zhou Long, premieres at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston (Pulitzer Prize for Music 2011)
- Feb 27 8.8 magnitude earthquake rattles central Chile; epicenter just off the coast also triggers a tsunami
- Feb 28 XXI Winter Olympic Games close in Vancouver, Canada
Admirals
Aviators
Gangsters
Generals
Industrialists
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