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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Day" title="Red Hand Day">Red Hand Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Monday" title="Shrove Monday">Shrove Monday</a></b> (Western Christianity, 2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1691" title="1691">1691</a> – A <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1691_papal_conclave" title="1691 papal conclave">papal conclave</a></b> convened to select a new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a> after the death of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Alexander_VIII" title="Pope Alexander VIII">Pope Alexander VIII</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924" title="1924">1924</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>'s composition <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_in_Blue" title="Rhapsody in Blue">Rhapsody in Blue</a></b></i> premiered at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_Building_(42nd_Street)" title="Aeolian Building (42nd Street)">Aeolian Hall</a> in New York.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Munch" title="Edvard Munch">Edvard Munch</a>'s painting was stolen from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_(Norway)" title="National Gallery (Norway)">National Gallery of Norway</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – Protesters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz" title="La Paz">La Paz</a> and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_La_Paz_riots" title="2003 La Paz riots">two days of rioting</a></b> against a proposed salary tax.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen" title="Ethan Allen">Ethan Allen</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1789); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1809); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell" title="Bill Russell">Bill Russell</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1934); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Anderson" title="Anna Anderson">Anna Anderson</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1984)</p>