A Day in the Past

February in history

3,555 events, birthdays and special days across every day of February. Each day shows its top three stories — open a day to see them all.

  1. Week 1

    1. Mon 1 Feb +128 more on 1 February
    2. Tue 2 Feb +137 more on 2 February
    3. Wed 3 Feb +133 more on 3 February
    4. Thu 4 Feb +113 more on 4 February
    5. Fri 5 Feb +115 more on 5 February
    6. Sat 6 Feb +119 more on 6 February
    7. Sun 7 Feb +122 more on 7 February

  2. Week 2

    1. Mon 8 Feb +113 more on 8 February
    2. Tue 9 Feb +127 more on 9 February
    3. Wed 10 Feb +117 more on 10 February
    4. Thu 11 Feb +128 more on 11 February
    5. Fri 12 Feb +122 more on 12 February
    6. Sat 13 Feb +121 more on 13 February
    7. Sun 14 Feb +141 more on 14 February

  3. Week 3

    1. Mon 15 Feb +137 more on 15 February
    2. Tue 16 Feb +112 more on 16 February
    3. Wed 17 Feb +118 more on 17 February
    4. Thu 18 Feb +110 more on 18 February
    5. Fri 19 Feb +118 more on 19 February
    6. Sat 20 Feb +115 more on 20 February
    7. Sun 21 Feb +112 more on 21 February

  4. Week 4

    1. Mon 22 Feb +128 more on 22 February
    2. Tue 23 Feb +129 more on 23 February
    3. Wed 24 Feb +136 more on 24 February
    4. Thu 25 Feb +101 more on 25 February
    5. Fri 26 Feb +105 more on 26 February
    6. Sat 27 Feb +125 more on 27 February
    7. Sun 28 Feb +92 more on 28 February

Weekdays are shown as they fall in 2027. 2027 isn’t a leap year, so there’s no 29 February — but leap day has its own page (97 stories).