February 22 Daytona International Speedway1371 RobertII became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.1959 Lee Petty won the first edition of the Daytona500, a NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Florida.1974 Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate U.S. president Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.2019 A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid, Spain, and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.Peder Syv (b.1631)James Russell Lowell (b.1819)Clarence 13X (b.1928)Bronwyn Oliver (b.1959)More anniversaries: February 21February 22February 23ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Wheelwright is a city in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located at the southern end of Floyd County, the land that would later become the city was originally owned by the Hall family. In 1916, the family sold their land to the Elk Horn Coal Company, which established a post office and named it Wheelwright in honor of its president, Jere Wheelwright. It was incorporated as a city in 1917. The Elk Horn Coal Company founded the city as a company town, and built houses, stores, churches, schools, and hospitals, which were used by miners employed by the company. In 1930, Wheelwright was sold to the Inland Steel Company, which in turn sold the city to the Island Creek Coal Company in 1966. In the 1970s, the mine closed and the city was purchased by the Kentucky Housing Corporation. This 1946 photograph, taken by the American photographer Russell Lee, shows Harry Fain, a coal loader from Wheelwright who worked for the Inland Steel Company. The photograph is in the collection of the National Archives and Records Administration.Photograph credit: Russell Lee; restored by KentuckianRecently featured: PumoriCatherine GrandOak eggarArchiveMore featured pictures

February 21Malcolm X1746 Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.1862 American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.1952 A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.1965 American Black nationalist MalcolmX (pictured) was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.1973 After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.Gaius Caesar (d.AD4)Lo Delibes (b.1836)Incas (parakeet) (d.1918)Elliot Page (b.1987)More anniversaries: February 20February 21February 22ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Pumori is a mountain on the ChinaNepal border in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. Its peak lies at an elevation of 7,165 metres (23,507 feet) above sea level. Located 8 kilometres (5 miles) west of Mount Everest, it is sometimes known as "Everest's daughter"; the name Pumori, meaning 'the mountain daughter' in the Sherpa language, was coined by the mountaineer George Mallory. Pumori is a popular climbing peak, the easiest route being graded class3, although with significant avalanche danger. Pumori was first climbed in 1962 by a GermanSwiss expedition.Photograph credit: Vyacheslav ArgenbergRecently featured: Catherine GrandOak eggarVaduz CathedralArchiveMore featured pictures

February 20: Day of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Ukraine (2014) Avro CF-105 Arrow1685 The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.1959 Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.1970 Wat Phra Dhammakaya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani.1998 At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.Wulfric of Haselbury (d.1154)Elizabeth Holloway Marston (b.1893)Gail Kim (b.1977)Tru Takemitsu (d.1996)More anniversaries: February 19February 20February 21ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Catherine Grand (17611835) was a French courtesan and noblewoman. Born in India as the daughter of a French East India Company officer, she married George Grand, an officer of the English East India Company. After her marriage, she had a scandalous liaison with Bengal councillor Philip Francis in Calcutta. Her husband sent her to Paris, where she became a popular courtesan, having relationships with several powerful men, and was known as Madame Grand. She became the mistress and later the wife of French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Prigord, the first prime minister of France. This 1783 oil-on-canvas portrait of Grand was painted by lisabeth Vige Le Brun. It was exhibited at the Salon of the Royal Academy in Paris the same year, as one of at least ten portraits submitted Le Brun, and was favourably received. The painting is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.Painting credit: lisabeth Vige Le BrunRecently featured: Oak eggarVaduz CathedralKatharine HepburnArchiveMore featured pictures

The oak eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) is a common moth in the family Lasiocampidae found in Europe and northern and western parts of Asia. The larvae feed on a wide variety of plant species, low down, including blackthorn, hawthorn, viburnum, dogwood, ivy and ling, but are not known to feed on oak. They can be infected by baculoviruses, which change their behaviour and cause them to climb out of the protection of low scrub and leave them open to predation, facilitating the spread of infection. Oak eggar larvae eventually pupate on the ground inside a silken cocoon, the exterior of which is hard and yellowish, and resembles an acorn, from which the common name "oak eggar" is derived. This oak eggar larva in the form of a fourth-instar caterpillar, with a body length of 53 millimetres (2.1 inches), was photographed on a branch in Keila, Estonia. The photograph was focus-stacked from 59 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar LeidusRecently featured: Vaduz CathedralKatharine HepburnLesser violetearArchiveMore featured pictures

February 19: Family Day in Canada (2024)A depiction of the Venezuelan crisis of 190219031811 Peninsular War: Outnumbered French forces under douard Mortier routed and nearly destroyed Spanish troops at the Battle of the Gebora near Badajoz, Spain.1903 A blockade against Venezuela (depicted), caused by President Cipriano Castro's refusal to pay foreign debts, was lifted.1942 World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible relocation of over 112,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.1948 The Southeast Asian Youth Conference, which is believed to have inspired armed communist rebellions in different Asian countries, opened in Calcutta, India.Nicolaus Copernicus (b.1473)Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b.1938)Jennifer Doudna (b.1964)Harper Lee (d.2016)More anniversaries: February 18February 19February 20ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

February 18Protesters during the Revolution of Dignity3102 BCE According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.1814 War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.1977 The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited the wreaths of late Mao Zedong, killing 694 personnel.2014 A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.Angilbert (d.814)Per Brahe the Younger (b.1602)yama Sutematsu (d.1919)Vernon (b.1998)More anniversaries: February 17February 18February 19ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Vaduz Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St. Florin, is a neo-Gothic church in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, and the centre of the Archdiocese of Vaduz. Originally a parish church, it has held the status of cathedral since 1997. The church was built in 1874 by Friedrich von Schmidt on the site of earlier medieval foundations. Its patron saint is Florinus of Rems (Florin), a 9th-century saint of the Vinschgau valley. This photograph shows the nave and choir of the cathedral.Photograph credit: A.SavinRecently featured: Katharine HepburnLesser violetearErnest ShackletonArchiveMore featured pictures

Katharine Hepburn (19072003) was an American actress of film, stage, and television. Known for her headstrong independence and spirited personality, Hepburn's career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned more than 60 years. She won a record four Academy Awards, and in 1999 was named as Hollywood's top female legend by the American Film Institute. Hepburn began acting in college, and spent four years in the theatre before entering films in 1932. She became an instant star, but after a series of unsuccessful films was named "box office poison". The Philadelphia Story revived her career, and she subsequently formed a popular alliance with Spencer Tracy that lasted 25 years. In middle age, Hepburn found a niche playing spinsters, such as in The African Queen, and became a Shakespearean stage actress. She continued to work into old age, making her final screen appearance in 1994 at the age of 87. Hepburn is remembered as an important cultural figure, as she came to epitomize the "modern woman" in 20th-century America and helped change perceptions of women. This publicity photograph of Hepburn was taken around 1941.Photograph credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, restored by Adam CuerdenRecently featured: Lesser violetearErnest ShackletonPomegranateArchiveMore featured pictures

February 17: Presidents' Day in the United States (2025)Helicopter stolen in the 1974 White House incident1859 Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyn dynasty.1904 Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.1964 Gabonese military officers overthrew President Lon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.1974 A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.2011 Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.Joseph Favre (b.1849)Mara de las Mercedes Barbudo (d.1849)Don Tallon (b.1916)Hung Liu (b.1948)More anniversaries: February 16February 17February 18ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

The lesser violetear (Colibri cyanotus) is a medium-sized, metallic-green species hummingbird commonly found from Costa Rica south to the Andes and Argentina and east to Venezuela. It commonly inhabits the canopy and borders of subtropical and lower temperate forest, secondary woodland and scrub, and clearings and gardens. It is recorded mostly between altitudes of 1,500 and 3,000 metres (4,900 and 9,800ft), although it is sometimes found down to 900 metres (3,000ft). The lesser violetear is a medium-sized hummingbird with an average length around 9.7 to 12 centimetres (3.8 to 4.7in) and a body mass of 4.8 to 5.6 grams (0.17 to 0.20oz). Its bill is black and mostly straight with only a slight downward curve. This lesser violetear of the subspecies C.c.cabanidis was photographed in the Mount Totumas cloud forest in Chiriqu Province, Panama.Photograph credit: Charles J. SharpRecently featured: Ernest ShackletonPomegranateJadeite CabbageArchiveMore featured pictures

February 16: Day of the Shining Star in North Korea; Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in AlaskaAct of Independence of Lithuania1249 King LouisIX dispatched Andr de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire.1918 The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.1922 A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.1996 Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.Richard of Dover (d.1184)Coluccio Salutati (b.1331)Michael Holding (b.1954)Elizabeth Olsen (b.1989)More anniversaries: February 15February 16February 17ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

February 15: National Flag of Canada Day; Statehood Day in Serbia; Susan B. Anthony Day in some parts of the United StatesDon Dunstan438 The Codex Theodosianus, a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire, was published.1763 Prussia, Saxony and the Habsburg monarchy signed the Treaty of Hubertusburg, ending the Third Silesian War.1979 Don Dunstan (pictured) resigned as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.1940 The official premiere of Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata took place at the Carnegie Chamber Hall, with saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who commissioned the work, and Creston on piano.2018 Following nationwide protests, Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation as prime minister of Ethiopia, remaining in post as a caretaker until he was succeeded by Abiy Ahmed.Gisela of Swabia (d.1043)Matt Groening (b.1954)Mo Tae-bum (b.1989)Dawa Dem (d.2018)More anniversaries: February 14February 15February 16ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Ernest Shackleton (15February 1874 5January 1922) was an explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He and three companions established a new record Farthest South latitude, 112miles (180km) from the South Pole, as part of the Nimrod Expedition of 19071909; Shackleton was knighted on his return home. He planned the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 19141917 but his ship, Endurance, became trapped in pack ice and then sank on 21November 1915. The crew escaped and used the lifeboats to reach Elephant Island and ultimately the island of South Georgia in a stormy ocean voyage of more than 700 nautical miles (800mi; 1,300km), Shackleton's most famous exploit. He returned to the Antarctic in 1921 with the ShackletonRowett Expedition but died of a heart attack on South Georgia, where he was buried at his wife's request. This photograph of Shackleton was taken by George Charles Beresford before 1909.Photograph credit: George Charles Beresford; restored by Adam CuerdenRecently featured: PomegranateJadeite CabbageCharles DarwinArchiveMore featured pictures

February 14: Valentine's DayDetail from Pale Blue Dot1655 Arauco War: The Mapuche carried out a series of coordinated attacks against Spanish settlements and forts in colonial Chile, beginning a ten-year period of warfare.1779 Native Hawaiians killed the English explorer Captain James Cook after he attempted to kidnap Kalanipuu, the ruling chief of the island of Hawaii.1990 The NASA space probe Voyager1 took Pale Blue Dot (detail pictured), a photograph of Earth from a record distance of 40.5 astronomical units (6.06billionkm; 3.76billionmi).2005 The online video platform YouTube was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.2007 The first of several bombings in Zahedan, Iran, killed 18 members of the Revolutionary Guards.Valentin Friedland (b.1490)Eleanora Atherton (b.1782)Nadezhda Krupskaya (b.1869)Vito Genovese (d.1969)More anniversaries: February 13February 14February 15ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae that grows between 5 and 10 metres (16 and 33 feet) tall. The pomegranate fruit husk is red-purple in color, with an outer, hard pericarp, and an inner, spongy mesocarp (white "albedo"), which comprises the fruit inner wall where seeds attach. Pomegranate seeds are characterized by having sarcotesta, thick fleshy seed coats derived from the integuments or outer layers of the ovule's epidermal cells. The number of seeds in a fruit can vary from 200 to about 1,400. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, the pomegranate is thought to have originated from Afghanistan and Iran before being introduced and exported to other parts of Asia, Africa, and Europe. This photograph, which was focus-stacked from 10 separate images, shows a whole pomegranate fruit (right), and a fruit split open to reveal the arils, each of which surrounds a seed (left).Photograph credit: Ivar LeidusRecently featured: Jadeite CabbageCharles DarwinDolderbahn RailcarArchiveMore featured pictures

The Jadeite Cabbage, also known as Jadeite Cabbage with Insects, is a piece of jadeite carved into the shape of a head of Chinese cabbage, with a locust and a katydid camouflaged in the leaves. Created by an unknown sculptor in the 19th century, it was first displayed in the Forbidden City's Yonghe Palace, the residence of Consort Jin, who probably received it as part of her dowry for her wedding to the Guangxu Emperor in 1889. The Jadeite Cabbage is now part of the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan. It has been called the museum's "most famous masterpiece" and, along with the Meat-Shaped Stone and the Mao Gong ding, is considered one of the Three Treasures of the National Palace Museum.Photograph credit: National Palace MuseumRecently featured: Charles DarwinDolderbahn RailcarAlpine ibexArchiveMore featured pictures

February 13: Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity, 2024)Coso artifact1891 Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.1961 Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured).2017 Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Muhammad ibn Ra'iq (d.942)Isabella d'Este (d.1539)Dorothy Bliss (b.1916)Balu Mahendra (d.2014)More anniversaries: February 12February 13February 14ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

February 12: Lantern Festival in China (2025); Lincoln's Birthday in some parts of the United States; Red Hand DayEdvard Munch's The Scream1691 A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.1924 George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.1994 Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.2003 Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.Ethan Allen (d.1789)Charles Darwin (b.1809)Bill Russell (b.1934)Anna Anderson (d.1984)More anniversaries: February 11February 12February 13ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Charles Darwin (12February 1809 19April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and a majority of the educated public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many scientists initially favoured competing explanations that gave only a minor role to natural selection, and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. This photograph of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron was taken around 1868.Photograph credit: Julia Margaret Cameron; restored by Adam CuerdenRecently featured: Dolderbahn RailcarAlpine ibexFragaria vescaArchiveMore featured pictures

February 11: National Foundation Day in Japan (660BC)UCL Main Building1826 London University, later University College London (pictured), was founded as the first secular university in England.1851 As part of celebrations marking the separation of Victoria from New South Wales, the inaugural first-class cricket match in Australia began at the Launceston Racecourse in Tasmania.1976 The Frente de Liberacin Homosexual made their final public appearance, shortly before the group's dissolution due to political repression after the Argentine coup d'tat.2001 The computer worm Anna Kournikova, which would affect millions of users worldwide, was released by a 20-year-old Dutch student.Thomas Edison (b.1847)Helene Krller-Mller (b.1869)Keith Holyoake (b.1904)Jennifer Aniston (b.1969)More anniversaries: February 10February 11February 12ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

The Dolderbahn is rack railway in the Swiss city of Zurich. It has a length of 1.3km (0.8mi) and is located in Zurich's Hottingen and Fluntern suburbs on the south slope of the Adlisberg mountain. The lower terminus of the line is at Rmerhof, around 1.5km (0.9mi) from the city centre, where it connects with lines 3 and 8 of the Zurich tramway. The upper terminus at Bergstation Dolderbahn is adjacent to the Dolder Grand Hotel and the Dolder recreation area. Two intermediate stations, at Titlisstrasse and Waldhaus Dolder, are also served. This image shows car 1/2 1 from the 1973 SLM rolling stock.Photograph credit: KabellegerRecently featured: Alpine ibexFragaria vescaThe Lost WorldArchiveMore featured pictures

MaleFemaleThe Alpine ibex (Capra ibex), also known as the steinbock, is a species of goat that lives in the Alps of Europe. Its closest living relative is the Iberian ibex. Alpine ibex have brownish-grey coats and sharp hooves adapted to steep, rough terrain. Found at elevations as high as 3,300 metres (10,800 feet), they are active throughout the year, primarily feeding on grass in open alpine meadows. Adult males, which are larger than females, segregate from them for most of the year, coming together only during the breeding season, when they fight for access to the females using their long horns. The Alpine ibex has been successfully reintroduced to parts of its historical range, but all individuals living today descend from a population bottleneck of fewer than 100 individuals from Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy. The species has few predators and is not threatened, but it has very low genetic diversity. These Alpine ibex, a male in winter and a female in summer, were photographed at Creux du Van in Switzerland.Photograph credit: Giles LaurentRecently featured: Fragaria vescaThe Lost WorldThe BeatlesArchiveMore featured pictures

February 10: Feast day of Saint Scholastica (Christianity); National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe in ItalyDelegates at the Inter-Allied Women's Conference1355 A tavern dispute between students of the University of Oxford and townspeople in Oxford became a riot that left about 90 people dead.1919 The Inter-Allied Women's Conference (delegates pictured) opened as a counterpart to the Paris Peace Conference, marking the first time that women were allowed formal participation in an international treaty negotiation.1939 Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists concluded their conquest of Catalonia and sealed the border with France.2009 The Russian satellites Iridium33 and Kosmos2251 destroyed each other in the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact satellites in low Earth orbit.Ira Remsen (b.1846)Edith Clarke (b.1883)Joseph Lister (d.1912)Joan Curran (d.1999)More anniversaries: February 9February 10February 11ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

Fragaria vesca, commonly called the wild strawberry among other names, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the rose family that grows naturally throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere. The wild strawberry produces edible fruits, which have been consumed by humans since the Stone Age. The fruit is strongly flavored, and is still collected and grown for domestic use and on a small scale commercially as an ingredient for commercial jam, sauces, liqueurs, cosmetics and alternative medicine. This focus-stacked photograph shows a wild strawberry fruit in a garden in Bamberg, Germany.Photograph Reinhold MllerRecently featured: The Lost WorldThe BeatlesOrange-lined triggerfishArchiveMore featured pictures

February 9: Feast day of Apollonia in Roman Catholicism and Eastern OrthodoxyJohn Quincy Adams1825 After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the previous year's presidential election, the United States House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams (pictured) as president in a contingent election.1945 World WarII: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Frde Fjord, Norway.1950 U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-communist sentiment known as McCarthyism.1975 The spacecraft and crew of the Soviet Soyuz 17 mission returned to earth after 29 days in orbit at the Salyut 4 station.2020 Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.Adele Spitzeder (b.1832)Ella D. Barrier (d.1945)Vladimir Guerrero (b.1975)Margareta Hallin (d.2020)More anniversaries: February 8February 9February 10ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

February 8: Feast day of Saint Josephine Bakhita (Catholicism); Military Foundation Day in North Korea (1948)South Carolina Highway Patrolmen before the Orangeburg Massacre421 Honorius declaredConstantiusIII to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire.1250 Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King LouisIX of France at the Battle of Fariskur.1575 William of Orange founded Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands.1960 The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.1968 Law enforcement officers in Orangeburg, South Carolina (pictured), fired into a crowd of college students who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.Jack Lemmon (b.1925)Valerie Thomas (b.1943)A.Chandranehru (d.2005)Mary Wilson (d.2021)More anniversaries: February 7February 8February 9ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout

The Lost World is a 1925 American silent fantasy giant monster adventure film, directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Marion Fairfax, adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 novel of the same name. The film's premiere was at the Astor Theatre in New York City on February 8, 1925.Directed by Harry O. HoytRecently featured: The BeatlesOrange-lined triggerfishSojourner TruthArchiveMore featured pictures