{"id":1630,"date":"2011-01-25T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T07:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2011-01-03T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T07:22:40","slug":"historical-anniversaries-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-february-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Anniversaries for February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>40 years ago (2nd Feb. 1971)<br \/>\nIdi Amin became President of Uganda. He had overthrown Milton Obote in a military coup the previous week.<\/p>\n<p>100 years ago (6th Feb. 1911)<br \/>\nBirth of Ronald Reagan, American actor and 40th President of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>40 years ago (7th Feb. 1971)<br \/>\nWomen in Switzerland were finally given the right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>40 years ago (15th Feb. 1971)<br \/>\nBritain adopted the decimal currency.<\/p>\n<p>150 years ago (18th Feb. 1861)<br \/>\nVictor Emmanuel II became the first King of a united Italy.<\/p>\n<p>25 years ago (20th Feb. 1986)<br \/>\nThe USSR launched the Mir space station.<\/p>\n<p>60 years ago (26th Feb. 1951)<br \/>\nThe U.S. Constitution\u2019s 22nd Amendment: this limited the President to two terms in office.<\/p>\n<p>20 years ago (28 Feb. 1991)<br \/>\nThe Gulf War ended &#8211; a ceasefire came into effect at midnight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40 years ago (2nd Feb. 1971) Idi Amin became President of Uganda. He had overthrown Milton Obote in a military coup the previous week. 100 years ago (6th Feb. 1911) Birth of Ronald Reagan, American actor and 40th President of the United States. 40 years ago (7th Feb. 1971) Women in Switzerland were finally given&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-february-2011\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1681,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/40-years-15th-feb-1971-britain-adopted-decimal-currency\/","url_meta":{"origin":1630,"position":0},"title":"40 years ago (15th Feb. 1971): Britain adopted the decimal currency.","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"February 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"For more on Decimal Day, click here.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2246,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/40-years-today-21-feb-1972-nixon-china\/","url_meta":{"origin":1630,"position":1},"title":"40 Years Ago Today (21 Feb 1972): Nixon goes to China","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"February 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"U.S. President Richard Nixon became the first president to visit China. 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