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1959 – Jack Kilby, an engineer at Texas Instruments, filed a patent application for the first integrated circuit. refimprove section, outdated 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978 , one of the worst nor'easters in New England history, dropped record amounts of snow, caused approximately 100 deaths, and did over US$520 million in damage.
2012 – A magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Negros, leaving 112 people dead. [17] 2016 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 strikes southern Taiwan, killing 117 people. 2018 – SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, a super heavy launch vehicle, makes its maiden flight. [18]
Tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico has a strong influence on the weather pattern along the coast of Texas, including in Houston, the state's most populated city with over 2 million people.
February 12: Lantern Festival in China (2025); Lincoln's Birthday in some states of the United States; Red Hand Day Edvard Munch's The Scream 1691 – A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII .
Ronald Reagan Day is a day of recognition that occurs every February 6, starting in 2011, in the state of California for Ronald Reagan, who was that state's governor from 1967 to 1975 and President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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A baby without a father. A mother who carries her son in an urn. Two teens behind bars. Nearly two years after the shooting outside a Whataburger, the families involved are still reeling.