February 2000 in History

Events in History

Feb 13 The last original "Peanuts" comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.

Feb 14 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
Feb 15 Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails
Feb 18 Stjepan Mesić becomes the second President of Croatia

Feb 3 Richard Kleindienst, American politician (b. 1923)
Feb 4 Carl Albert, American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
Feb 7 Doug Henning, Canadian magician, dies at 52
Feb 8 Bob Collins, American radio broadcaster (b.1942)
Feb 11 Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
Feb 11 Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)

Feb 12 Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (Peanuts), dies at 77

Feb 13 James Cooke Brown, American author and inventor (b. 1921)
Feb 14 Walter Zinn, Canadian-American nuclear physicist (invented the breeder reactor), dies at 93
Feb 16 Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911)
Feb 18 Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
Feb 19 Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
Feb 20 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
Feb 22 Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (b. 1946)
Feb 23 Albrecht Goes, German writer and theologian, dies at 91
Feb 26 George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 86
Feb 29 Dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961)