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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Birthday" title="The Emperor's Birthday">The Emperor's Birthday</a></b> in Japan (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854" title="1854">1854</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_River_Convention" title="Orange River Convention">Orange River Convention</a></b> was signed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein" title="Bloemfontein">Bloemfontein</a>, with the United Kingdom agreeing to recognise the independence of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State" title="Orange Free State">Orange Free State</a> in present-day South Africa.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886" title="1886">1886</a> – American inventor <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martin_Hall" title="Charles Martin Hall">Charles Martin Hall</a></b> discovered an inexpensive method of producing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium" title="Aluminium">aluminium</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – In response to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E2%80%931944_insurgency_in_Chechnya" title="1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya">an insurgency in Chechnya</a>, the Soviet Union began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Chechens_and_Ingush" title="Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush">the forced deportation</a></b> of the native <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechens" title="Chechens">Chechen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingush_people" title="Ingush people">Ingush</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A" title="SN 1987A">SN 1987A</a></b>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova" title="Supernova">supernova</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud" title="Large Magellanic Cloud">Large Magellanic Cloud</a>, was observed from Earth.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a> – Caused by gang rivalries, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2021_Ecuadorian_prison_riots" title="February 2021 Ecuadorian prison riots">riots in four Ecuadorian prisons</a></b> resulted in the deaths of 79 inmates.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Zafir" title="Al-Zafir">al-Zafir</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1133); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_MacLeod_Cormack" title="Allan MacLeod Cormack">Allan MacLeod Cormack</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1924); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar" title="Edward Elgar">Edward Elgar</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiena_Nishizawa" title="Shiena Nishizawa">Shiena Nishizawa</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1997)</p>
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