Jan 16 John Lennon releases "Woman" in UK

Jan 31 Gaetan Boucher skates world record 1000m (1 13.39)

Jan 12 -35ºF (-37ºC), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)

Feb 12 Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA

Feb 01 Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell causes furore when he orders his brother Trevor to bowl underarm to a New Zealand batsman.

Feb 27 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record "Ebony & Ivory"

Feb 01 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932

Feb 26 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since August 1980 are released

Feb 24 Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.

Feb 28 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan

Feb 08 US female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak

Feb 26 French Train à Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run

Feb 01 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq

Feb 11 Australia all out 83 vs India at MCG chasing 143 to win

Feb 21 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured

Feb 25 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Feb 03 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway

Feb 25 The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders

Feb 23 Spanish coup under Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero Molina fails

Feb 13 Longest sentence published by New York Times-1286 words

Feb 05 Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy

Feb 27 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747

Feb 08 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

Feb 21 NASA launches Comstar D-4

Feb 06 "Brady Brides," debuts on NBC TV

Feb 06 Beatles McCartney, Starr & Harrison record a tribute to John Lennon

Feb 23 Spanish army officers attempt a coup in the Spanish Parliament

Feb 25 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain

Feb 09 Bill Haley, dynamic rock 'n roll singer of Bill Haley and the Comets, dies in Harlingen, Texas, at age 55.

Feb 24 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower

Feb 15 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY

Feb 01 Duke Ellington-musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in New York NY

Feb 05 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

Feb 11 Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski

Feb 21 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k)

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