15/02/1967 - 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted 22/02/1967 - 25,000 US and S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 23/02/1967 - 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified 06/02/1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France 18/02/1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France 18/02/1968 - 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 19/02/1968 - 1st US Teachers strike (Florida) 21/02/1968 - 150,000 demonstrate against leftist students in West-Berlin 24/02/1968 - 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 25/02/1968 - 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea 29/02/1968 - 1st pulsar announced (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 04/02/1969 - 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost 19/02/1969 - 1st Test flight of Boeing 747 jumbo jet 21/02/1969 - 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 05/02/1970 - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six 10/02/1970 - 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record) 11/02/1970 - 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec) 24/02/1970 - 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland) 06/02/1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard) 13/02/1971 - 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 28/02/1971 - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 01/02/1972 - 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) 03/02/1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia) 04/02/1972 - 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria 13/02/1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan 16/02/1972 - 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games) 20/02/1972 - 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109) 06/02/1973 - 40,000 civil servants demonstrate against higher pension contribution 06/02/1973 - 6th ABA All-Star Game: West 123 beats East 111 at Utah 07/02/1973 - 1st time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 10/02/1973 - 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 10/02/1973 - 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 11/02/1973 - 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 11/02/1973 - 1st one-day international for Pakistan and NZ 12/02/1973 - 1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine 18/02/1973 - 54-kg octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash 20/02/1973 - 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins 06/02/1974 - 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 11/02/1974 - 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000 17/02/1974 - 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 19/02/1974 - 1st American Music Award: 01/02/1975 - 1st successful Wash Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 08/02/1975 - 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea 18/02/1975 - 2nd American Music Award: 26/02/1975 - 1st televised kidney transplant (Today Show) 28/02/1975 - 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop 03/02/1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia 04/02/1976 - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala and Honduras 04/02/1976 - 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria 15/02/1976 - 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria 28/02/1976 - 18th Grammy Awards: Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole wins 04/02/1977 - 30th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-3 at Vancouver 06/02/1977 - 4th time Rangers shut-out Islanders 4-0 11/02/1977 - 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean) 19/02/1977 - 19th Grammy Awards: This Masquerade, Starland Vocal Band 21/02/1977 - 74 Unification Church couples wed in NYC 26/02/1977 - 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747) 28/02/1977 - 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA Calif) 11/06/1977 - "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93 11/02/1978 - 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC 11/02/1978 - 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin 14/02/1978 - 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments 16/02/1978 - 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago) 18/02/1978 - 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii 20/02/1978 - 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett and Bob Hope 22/02/1978 - 2 tankers with propane gas explode killing 15 at Waverly, Tenn 23/02/1978 - 20th Grammy Awards: Hotel Calif, Fleetwood Mac, Debbie Boone wins 09/02/1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey 11/02/1979 - 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC 13/02/1979 - 2nd Emmy Sports Award presentation 15/02/1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins 18/02/1979 - -52øF (-47øC), Old Forge, New York (state record) 21/02/1979 - 2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period 03/02/1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington 05/02/1980 - 32nd NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-3 at Detroit 14/02/1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY 23/02/1980 - 13th Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, NY 27/02/1980 - 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet 01/02/1981 - 31st NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-120 at Cleveland 01/02/1981 - 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7 10/02/1981 - 8 killed and 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 10/02/1981 - 33rd NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 4-1 at LA 25/02/1981 - 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 26/02/1981 - 84 penalties (406 mins) assessed for a brawl between NHL Minn and Bost 26/02/1981 - 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released 09/02/1982 - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington 10/02/1982 - 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qu‚bec 24/02/1982 - 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins 06/02/1983 - 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19 07/02/1983 - 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole) 08/02/1983 - 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at NY Islander 11/02/1983 - 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm)) 13/02/1983 - 33rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 132-123 at LA 23/02/1983 - 25th Grammy Awards: Roxanna, Toto IV, Men at Work wins 21/05/1983 - David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1 02/02/1984 - 8th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards 03/02/1984 - 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched 08/02/1984 - 1st time 8 people in space 08/02/1984 - 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 11/02/1984 - 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
