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The death of Captain Cook
In February 1779 the British seafarer Captain Cook was beaten to death in Hawaii
Fall of Singapore
The British colony of Singapore fell to Japanese forces on this day in 1942
Assassination of Rafik Hariri
On February 14 2005, Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri was assassinated
The death of Pushkin
In February 1837 the great Russian poet - Alexander Pushkin died
A communist in the US
On 9 February 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy began his hunt for communists in the US
The Docklands bomb
On 9 February 1996, a bomb exploded in London bringing an IRA ceasefire to an end
Shot down in Iraq
It is 20 years since international forces united to drive Iraq out of Kuwait
Duvalier flees Haiti
Twenty-five years ago today, the President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country
Sarajevo marketplace massacre
On February 5 1994 there was an attack on a marketplace in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo
Revolution in Iran
The first week of February 1979 saw a revolution unfolding in Iran
