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• ...that the facade of Hitachi Tower (pictured) in Singapore has three sections, which breaks the verticality of the tower?
• ...that the murder of Solomon P. Sharp was the inspiration for a number of literary works, including Edgar Allen Poe's Scenes From 'Politian'?
• ...that most of Petroleum Road, privately owned asphalt road under Israeli administration, is marked on maps as inaccessible to traffic because of poor road quality?
• ...that film editor Sam O'Steen collaborated on twelve films by Mike Nichols, earning Academy Award editing nominations for Silkwood and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf??
• ...that "are you other?" or "are you other being?" are Inuktitut translations of Ahimaa cave, hollowed out of a massive cliff by Qamanirjuaq Lake?
• ...the U.S. Supreme Court held in NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. that although employees cannot be fired for exercising their right to strike, they can be "permanently replaced" by strikebreakers?
• ...that the Pine Creek Rail Trail, a 65 mile (105 km) rail trail along Pine Creek in Pennsylvania, was named one of "10 great places to take a bike tour" in the world by USA Today?
  

• The Swedish government rejects Nord Stream's application to build an underwater gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.
• The Writers Guild of America votes to end a three-month strike pending approval of a new contract by guild members.
• Prime Minister Kevin Rudd issues a formal apology to the indigenous Stolen Generations on behalf of the Parliament of Australia.
• The Columbus science laboratory (pictured) built by the European Space Agency is attached to the International Space Station during space shuttle mission STS-122.
• Namdaemun, the southern gate of the original walls surrounding Seoul during the Joseon Dynasty, is partially destroyed by arson.
• The 50th Annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles, USA.
• President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor is wounded in an attack that leaves rebel leader Alfredo Reinhado dead.

February 15: Candlemas in Eastern Christianity; Flag Day in Canada; National Day in Serbia.

• 1898 – The United States Navy battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba, killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish-American War.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita (pictured) captured Singapore, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in British history.
• 1971 – The British pound sterling and the Irish pound were decimalised on what is called Decimal Day.
• 1989 – The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.
• 2003 – In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millions around the world in approximately 800 cities took part in protests against the impending invasion of Iraq.

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