2013
Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415.
2011
The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
1990
Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa.
1971
87 countries, including Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
1967
Opening of first Canada Winter Games; held for a week in Quebec City.
1945
Declaration of Liberated Europe signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin after the Yalta Conference.
1942
“Archie” comic book debuts.
1929
Vatican City (world’s smallest country) made an enclave of Rome.
1928
II Winter Olympic Games open in St Moritz, Switzerland.
1809
Robert Fulton patents steamboat.
