11 February
Margaret Thatcher became the first female leader of a British political party when she was elected leader of the Conservatives. (Year 1975)
12 February
Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Israel after a bomb exploded at the Soviet Legation in Tel Aviv. (Year 1953)
13 February
Nobel Prize-winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn was deported from the Soviet Union and stripped of Soviet citizenship. (Year 1974)
February 15, 2003 was a global day of protests against the imminent invasion of Iraq. Millions of people protested in approximately 800 cities around the world.
14 February
Pope Benedict VIII was crowned Henry II as Holy Roman Emperor. (Year 1014)
15 February
British pop singer Elton John married Renata Blauel in Sydney, Australia. (Year 1984)
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