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Storm Thorgerson, English graphic designer (died 2013)
Storm Thorgerson| Year | Name / Event | Description |
|---|---|---|
| -202 | Emperor Gaozu of Han | Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. |
| 870 | Fourth Council of Constantinople (Catholic Church) | The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. |
| 1525 | Aztecs | Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés. |
| 1638 | National Covenant | The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. |
| 1835 | Elias Lönnrot | Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called foreword to the Old Kalevala. |
| 1844 | USS Princeton (1843) | A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast. |
| 1922 | Protectorate | The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. |
| 1925 | 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake | The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. |
| 1947 | February 28 incident | February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians. |
| 1948 | 1948 Accra riots | The 1948 Accra riots erupted following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray leading to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey and the arrest of the Big Six in the Gold Coast. |
| 1958 | Floyd County, Kentucky | A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history. |
| 1959 | Discoverer 1 | Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. |
| 1966 | Northrop T-38 Talon | A NASA T-38 Talon crashes into the McDonnell Aircraft factory while attempting a poor-visibility landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, killing astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett. |
| 1969 | 1969 Portugal earthquake | The 1969 Portugal earthquake hits Portugal, Spain and Morocco. |
| 1973 | Aeroflot Flight X-167 | Aeroflot Flight X-167 crashes during takeoff from Semey Airport, killing 32 people. |
| 1974 | February 1974 United Kingdom general election | The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved their biggest vote share since 1929. |
| 1975 | Moorgate tube crash | In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people. |
| 1983 | Goodbye, Farewell and Amen | The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 110 million viewers. |
| 1985 | Provisional Irish Republican Army | The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers. |
| 1986 | Olof Palme | Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm. |
| 1990 | Space Shuttle Atlantis | Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36. |
| 1993 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff. |
| 1997 | 1997 Ardabil earthquake | An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 1,100 deaths. |
| 1997 | 1997 Turkish military memorandum | A Turkish military memorandum resulted in the collapse of the coalition government in Turkey. |
| 2001 | 2001 Nisqually earthquake | The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area. |
| 2002 | 2002 Gujarat riots | During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre. |
| 2013 | Pope Benedict XVI | Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. |
| 2023 | Tempi train crash | Two trains collide south of the Vale of Tempe in Greece, leading to the deaths of at least 57 people and leaving 58 missing and 85 injured. |
| 2024 | Prime minister | Prime Minister Modi of India inaugurated the 2nd Space Port of India - Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport. |
