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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Saint Brigid's Day/Imbolc</a></b> in Ireland; the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajr_decade" title="Fajr decade">Fajr decade</a></b> begins in Iran; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a></b> begins in Canada and the United States
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1327" title="1327">1327</a> – Fourteen-year-old <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England" title="Edward III of England">Edward III</a></b> was crowned <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs" title="List of English monarchs">King of England</a>, but with the country ruled by his mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_France" title="Isabella of France">Queen Isabella</a> and her lover <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mortimer,_1st_Earl_of_March" title="Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March">Roger Mortimer</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1662" title="1662">1662</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Dutch_conflicts" title="Sino-Dutch conflicts">Sino-Dutch conflicts</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">rule in Taiwan</a> ended after <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Zeelandia" title="Siege of Fort Zeelandia">a siege</a></b> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming</a> loyalist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a></b>, the official external radio and television service of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">United States federal government</a>, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur" title="Kuala Lumpur">Kuala Lumpur</a></b>, the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – Following an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Premier_League" title="Egyptian Premier League">Egyptian Premier League</a> match in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Said" title="Port Said">Port Said</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Masry_SC" title="Al Masry SC">Al Masry</a> fans <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Said_Stadium_riot" title="Port Said Stadium riot">rioted and violently attacked</a></b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Ahly_SC" title="Al Ahly SC">Al Ahly</a> supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexios_I_of_Trebizond" title="Alexios I of Trebizond">Alexios I of Trebizond</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1222); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Butt" title="Clara Butt">Clara Butt</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1872); <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Al-Turabi" title="Hassan Al-Turabi">Hassan Al-Turabi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932)</p>
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