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February 3In 1959, rock ‘n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash while on tour in the United States. In 1995, astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. |
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February 4In 1977, Rumours by rock band Fleetwood Mac is released. The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, and has sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. In 2004, social networking site Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg. |
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February 5Happy Birthday to Thai actor and martial artist Tony Jaa (1976). In 1971, Astronauts land on the moon during NASA’s Apollo 14 mission. |
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February 6Until March 2 at Ardel’s Third Place Gallery on Sukhumvit 55, see Wave of Life, an exhibition by local artist Chumpon Utayophat of wood sculptures inspired by nature. The gallery is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 am to 7 pm. For more details, call 02 422 2092. In 1935, the popular board game Monopoly goes on sale for the first time. |
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February 7In 1940, Walt Disney’s second animated feature film, Pinocchio, is released. In 1979, Pluto moves inside Neptune’s orbit for the first time since either was discovered. |
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February 8In 1971, the documentary Eat the Document, chronicling Bob Dylan’s 1966 tour of the UK, premieres at New York’s Academy of Music. In 2010, a freak storm in the Hindukush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches that kill at least 172 people and trap more than 2,000 travellers. |
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February 9Birthday wishes go out to Chinese actress and model Zhang Ziyi (1979). In 1964, The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in the US, performing to a viewing audience of around 73 million people. |
