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February 2
TheGrammy Award for Best Reggae Album is an award presented at theGrammy Awards for quality works in the genre ofreggae. The award was first presented toBlack Uhuru at the27th Annual Grammy Awards (1985) for the albumAnthem. Starting in 2002, awards were often presented toengineers,mixers orproducers, in addition to the performing artists. According to the category description guide for the52nd Grammy Awards, eligible works are vocal orinstrumental reggae albums "containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded music", includingroots reggae,dancehall andska music.Koffee became the youngest person and the first woman to win the award at the62nd Annual Grammy Awards (2020).Ziggy Marley(pictured) holds the record for the most wins, with seven. (Full list...)
February 4
There have been 16 governors ofBauchi State, innortheastern Nigeria, since it was created on 3 February 1976 from part of theNorth-Eastern State. Bauchi has had alternating periods of military and civilian rule, with ColonelMohammed Bello Kaliel as its first military governor (1976–1978). Civilian governance began in 1979 withAbubakar Tatari Ali of theNational Party of Nigeria until a 1983 military coup. This was followed by a brief civilian regime from 1992 to 1993 underDahiru Mohammed of theNational Republican Convention, which was then toppled by a series of military governors and administrators that lasted until 1999. During this time, part of Bauchi was split off to formGombe State in 1996. Democratic rule has continued in Bauchi since 1999, underAhmadu Adamu Mu'azu from 1999 to 2007,Isa Yuguda from 2007 to 2015,Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar(pictured) from 2015 to 2019, and the incumbentBala Mohammed since 2019. (Full list...)
February 6
There have been 286 medals awarded to figure skaters representing 29National Olympic Committees at theWinter Olympic Games from 1908 to 2022. There are currently fivefigure skating events held at the Olympics:men's singles, women's singles,pair skating,ice dance, and theteam event.Gillis Grafström of Sweden has won four Olympic medals in the men’s event;Sonja Henie of Norway has won three Olympic medals in the women’s event;Artur Dmitriev of Russia,Irina Rodnina of the Soviet Union, andAndrée andPierre Brunet of France have each won three Olympic medals in the pairs event; andTessa Virtue and Scott Moir(both pictured) of Canada have won three Olympic medals in the ice dance event. Thefigure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at theForum di Milano inMilan, Italy, between 6 and 19 February. (Full list...)
February 9
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The American television seriesLokiwon 11 awards from 96 nominations. Created byMichael Waldron for the streaming serviceDisney+ and based onMarvel Comics, it features the characterLoki. The character's actor,Tom Hiddleston(pictured), received the most acting nominations for the series. It was nominated for fourCritics' Choice Television Awards and ninePrimetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. From major guilds, the series was nominated for twoArt Directors Guild Awards, threeCostume Designers Guild Awards, aScreen Actors Guild Award, and twoWriters Guild of America Awards. (Full list...)
February 11
There are 570 municipalities in the state ofOaxaca in southern Mexico, more than in any otherMexican state. According to Oaxaca's constitution, themunicipalities are grouped into 30 judicial and tax districts to facilitate the distribution of the state's revenues. It is the only state in Mexico with this particular organization of judicial and tax districts. Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. Oaxaca is the tenth-most-populated Mexican state, with 4,132,148 inhabitants as of the 2020Mexican census, and the fifth-largest by land area spanning 93,757.6 square kilometres (36,200.0 sq mi). The largest municipality by population as of the 2020 census isOaxaca de Juárez, the state capital, with 270,955 residents (6.55 percent of the state's total), while the smallest isSanta Magdalena Jicotlán, with 81 residents, and the least populated municipality in Mexico. (Full list...)
February 13
In 1962, fifteen songs topped theBillboard Middle-Road Singles, a chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States that were considered to be "easy listening" or "middle of the road". The listing was compiled simply by extracting fromBillboard'spop music chart, theHot 100, those songs which were deemed by the magazine's staff to be of an appropriate style, and ranking them according to their positions on the Hot 100. Fifteen different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine in 1962. The chart was published under the title Easy Listening through the issue ofBillboard dated October 27, after which it was renamed Middle-Road Singles.Ray Charles(pictured) was the only artist with more than one number-one song in 1962, with two tracks from his albumModern Sounds in Country and Western Music. WhenConnie Francis reached number one with "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" in March, she became the first act to top the Easy Listening chart twice, having previously spent a single week in the top spot in 1961 with "Together". (Full list...)
February 16
TheWorld Women's Billiards Championship was first held in 1931, when the British cue sports companyBurroughes and Watts organised a Women's AmateurBilliards Championship, which was later recognised as the world championship. As of 1930, manybilliard halls in the UK did not admit women.Ruth Harrison was the champion from 23 participants, and the highest break made was 28. TheWomen's Billiards Association took over responsibility for the amateur tournament from the 1932 edition, which had 41 entries. The tournament was held regularly until 1940, but then put on hold until afterWorld War II. From 1947 to 1980 the tournament was held most years, withVera Selby winning eight titles, andMaureen Baynton (née Barrett) winning six. After a period of dormancy from 1980, the tournament was revived by theWorld Ladies' Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA) in 1998.Emma Bonney has won the title a record 13 times, between 2000 and 2018. (Full list...)
February 18
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There are29 families of flowering plants in twoorders often called thebasal asterids,Ericales andCornales.Asterids are a largeclade offlowering plants composed of 17 orders and more than 80,000 species, about a third of the total flowering plant species. Like most asterids, these species tend to have petals that arefused with each other and with the bases of thestamens, and just oneintegument (covering) around theembryo sac. The basal asterids include crops such asblueberries,cranberries,tea, andBrazil nuts. They also includekiwifruit,dogwoods,ebony trees, andhydrangea plants. Most Ericales species tend to have woody stems or branches and seedcapsules, while species in Cornales tend to haveanthers attached at their base andinflorescences, or flower groupings, with lateral stalks that terminate in a flower or another branch. (Full list...)
February 20
American filmmakerBilly Wilder's first screenplay was for the German silent thrillerThe Daredevil Reporter (1929). In 1938, he began collaborating withCharles Brackett on screenplays withErnst Lubitsch's romantic comedyBluebeard's Eighth Wife. It was the first of 14 consecutive commercially successful films that the pair co-wrote including the comedyNinotchka (1939), and the romantic dramaHold Back the Dawn (1941). In 1944, he directed and co-wrote the screenplay for the film noirDouble Indemnity, which is considered a classic of its genre. He followed this withThe Lost Weekend (1945), a drama about a writer struggling with alcoholism, for whichWilder won his firstAcademy Award for Best Director and shared the Best Original Screenplay award with Brackett. He won his second Best Screenplay Oscar with Brackett forSunset Boulevard (1950) as well as theWriters Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama. During the 1950s, Wilder also received Best Director nominations at the Oscars forStalag 17 (1953),Sabrina (1954),Witness for the Prosecution (1957), andSome Like It Hot (1959). (Full list...)
February 23
TheGrade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester, England, reflect the region's architectural, industrial, and civic development seen across its tenboroughs from theLate Middle Ages into the 20th century. The 241 entries comprise "particularly important buildings of more than special interest", includingtimber‑framed halls, churches,mills, warehouses, transport structures, and public buildings that illustrate Greater Manchester's growth from ruraltownships into an industrial and urban centre. The list brings together these nationally important structures, outlining their historical context and architectural interest, and offering an overview of the area's diverse built heritage. (Full list...)
February 25
There are41 species of birds that have been recorded onBouvet Island, an uninhabited,sub-Antarctic island administered as adependency of Norway. A small, isolatedvolcanic island at the southern tip of theMid-Atlantic Ridge, it is located around 2,600 km (1,600 mi) southwest of South Africa and 1,600 km (990 mi) from Antarctica. The island has undergone very little human modification and, along with its surrounding waters, has been declared aprotected area. Of the birds found there, 12species have confirmed breeding populations on the island, while another 2 are suspected. The species with large breeding populations include thesouthern fulmar, with an estimated population of 100,000 breeding adults, and theblack-bellied storm petrel, with an estimated population of 1,000 breeding adults. A large number of penguins also breed there, and 19 species of birds are summer migrants to the island. The island has been designated anImportant Bird Area byBirdLife International due to its high conservation value. (Full list...)
February 27
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The1995 Pacific hurricane season consisted of the events that occurred in the annual cycle oftropical cyclone formation over thePacific Ocean north of theequator and east of theInternational Date Line. Activity during theseason was below average; only eleven tropical depressions developed, of which ten strengthened intonamedtropical storms. Seven becamehurricanes, of which three further intensified into major hurricanes. The first system, Tropical DepressionOne-E, formed on May 21; the final,Hurricane Juliette, dissipated on September 26. The vast majority of damage and casualties during the season resulted fromHurricane Ismael(pictured) in mid-September. High seas damaged or destroyed fifty-two fishing boats, killing fifty-seven fishermen. On land, strong winds and severe flooding caused heavy damage and killed fifty-nine people in the Mexican state ofSinaloa. (Full list...)
