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A 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes the India-Burma border region. (Straits Times) A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. (AAP via Brisbane Times) The death toll from the January 31–February 2, 2011 North American winter storm is at least a dozen. (AP via Los Angeles Times)
Disasters Cyclone Yasi The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. (Courier Mail) (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Cyclone Yasi is upgraded to Category 5 and is predicted to be the worst storm to hit Australia in ...
February 4: Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola, 1961) 1859 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf (pictured) rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus , a 4th century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible , in Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt .
February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1922 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition (d. 2011) [42]
February 20 – 2011 Daytona 500 is won by the Wood Brothers Racing team entrant Trevor Bayne, who became the youngest winner of the race. Carl Edwards was second ahead of David Gilliland. [41] [42] February 22 – Chicago mayoral election, 2011: Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel wins the race for mayor with more than 55% of the ...
February 22–March 14 – Uncertainty over Libyan oil output causes crude oil prices to rise 20% over a two-week period following the Arab Spring, [18] causing the 2011 energy crisis. February 22 – A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Christchurch, in what became New Zealand's third-deadliest natural disaster.
On February 4, 2011, after review and comment from dozens of officials in the Justice Department Criminal Division, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, and ATF Headquarters, [1]: 332 Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich sent a response to Grassley regarding his two letters. Weich said claims ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2011. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.