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unusual facts about February 2011



Railways Illustrated

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1492 Pictures

In February 2011, the company bought by the rights to South Korean comedy film Hello Ghost starring Cha Tae-hyun and is scheduled to remake it.

Albert Odulele

In February 2011, Channel 4 News reported that Odulele was charged with two counts of sexual assault, one involving a 14-year-old boy and another on a 21-year-old man.

Ashley Gilbank

In February 2011, Gilbank, and her brother Andrew claimed that an ad that appeared during Super Bowl XLV looked like a pitch they had made.

Barefoot Foundation

In February 2011, the FC Barcelona Foundation and Pies descalzos reached an agreement for children's education through sport.

Beatbullyz

In August, they supported Jason Derulo on his UK tour as well as doing their own tour ending in February 2011.

Brit Andresen

Most recently, in February 2011, Andresen in collaboration with Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of Crab Studio, has won the design competition for the new Soheil Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University, Queensland.

Bruce Winstein

Bruce Winstein (25 September 1943, Los Angeles – 28 February 2011) was an experimental physicist and cosmologist noted for his early work in elementary particle physics, particularly work toward demonstrating a serious asymmetry between particles and their anti-particles (CP violation).

City Choir of Washington

In February 2011, local businesses and chorus members sponsored tickets for Pentagon families affected by 9/11 and high school and college students as part of the organization’s community outreach efforts.

Cliché Skateboards

In February 2011, the French company released a guest board for skateboarding pioneer Mark Gonzales, who had previously lived for a year with Daclin in Lyon, and an accompanying video was also published.

Collagenase clostridium histolyticum

In February 2011, the European Commission's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use approved the product for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture in adults with a palpable cord by 'properly trained' doctors.

Comic Con India

The first ever convention was hosted by Twenty Onwards Media between 19 and 20 February 2011 at Dilli Haat, New Delhi, India.

David Southwick

He was elected in 2010 as the Member for Caulfield and delivered his first speech on 8 February 2011.

Energy Bank

Energy Bank commenced banking business on 22 February 2011, following the commissioning of its head office, by John Atta Mills, the President of the Republic of Ghana.

Evan Mack

His choir piece, Of Fire and Form, commissioned by the WV chapter of the ACDA premiered in February, 2011 at the Clay Center in Charleston, West Virginia and is currently on tour with the Marshall University Chamber Choir.

Five Serpent's Teeth

On 9 February 2011, the band debuted a new song at a show in Manchester under the working title of "Bitch".

Garen Ewing

He was one of the artists featured in Dez Skinn's Comic Art Now: The Very Best in Contemporary Comic Art and Illustration (ILEX Press, 2008), and in February 2011, his poster design for Return to the Forbidden Planet was released as a stamp as part of Royal Mail's British Musicals set.

History of New Zealand

In February 2011, a major earthquake in Christchurch, the nation's second largest city, significantly impacted the national economy and the government formed the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority in response.

Iranian frigate Alvand

Alvand entered the Suez Canal on 22 February 2011, with the supply vessel Kharg, on a deployment reported to be a training mission to Latakia, Syria.

Iranian ship Kharg

Kharg entered the Suez Canal on 22 February 2011, with the frigate Alvand, on a deployment reported to be a training mission to Latakia, Syria.

Jamie Mulgrew

It was reported by the Belfast Telegraph on 8 February 2011 that Scottish Premier League clubs Kilmarnock and Hibernian, along with Major League Soccer club Portland Timbers, were interested in signing Mulgrew on a Bosman free transfer when his contract expires in the summer.

Jefferson County, Alabama

In February 2011, Lesley Curwen of the BBC World Service interviewed David Carrington, the newly appointed president of the county commission, about the risk of defaulting on bonds issued to finance “what could be the most expensive sewage system in history.”

Jeffersonville, Indiana

In February 2011, Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that the two states, along with the City of Jeffersonville, would allocate $22 million in funding to complete the Big Four Bridge project– creating a pedestrian and bicycle path to link Louisville and Jeffersonville.

Jenny Scott

On 17 February 2011 the Bank of England issued a press release to say that Scott was going to be on adoption leave for a year.

Jeremy Kench

As a consequence of the Canterbury Earthquake in February 2011, the Cougars disbanded and Kench was forced to find another team to play for in the 2011 NBL season, subsequently joining the Manawatu Jets.

Jules Dervaes

On 21 February 2011, Corynne McSherry, Intellectual Property Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (which is representing Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, Los Angeles-based authors of The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City, and publisher Process Media), sent a response to the Dervaes Institute and published the letter on the Electronic Frontier Foundation website.

Kev Adams

From September 2010 to February 2011, he was a candidate for the TV program On n’demande qu’à en rire ("We just want to laugh at it") presented by Laurent Ruquier.

Marian College, Christchurch

Because of the effects of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake on 4 September 2010 and the 2011 Christchurch earthquake (the February earthquake) on 22 February 2011, the school was relocated for the 2011 school year to St Bede's College, Christchurch and there was also some cooperation with Shirley Boys' High School which is near the school.

Marquisate of Del Bosque

The marquisate was bestowed by Juan Carlos I of Spain on Vicente del Bosque, by Royal Decree 135/2011, on 3 February 2011 in recognition of his "great dedication to Spanish sport and the contribution of don Vicente del Bosque González to the promotion of sporting values".

Michael Ezra

In February 2011, Michael Ezra was arrested by the Kenyan police.

Michael Karlan

In February 2011, Karlan hosted the nation's first-ever speed dating at an auto show, at which Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax provided advice on dating and then the speed daters went from car to car in the General Motors exhibit at the Washington Auto Show participating in a different date in each car.

Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra

Thierry Fischer, chief conductor from April 2008 through February 2011, now has the title of honorary guest conductor.

NASDAQ

In February 2011, in the wake of an announced merger of NYSE Euronext with Deutsche Börse, speculation developed that Nasdaq and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) could mount a counter-bid of their own for NYSE.

Omar Samra

On 1 February 2011, Samra became the first Arab in history to climb the highest mountain in South American (Argentina) Aconcagua solo; alone and unsupported.

Paulo Flores

Beginning on 28 February 2011 the airline TAP Portugal began airing its "TAP With Arms Wide Open" (TAP de Braços Abertos) campaign, featuring its new slogan.

Peter Hildreth

Peter Hildreth (8 July 1928 – 25 February 2011) was a British hurdling athlete.

Rex Barnes

In February 2011, he announced plans to challenge incumbent MHA Ray Hunter for the Progressive Conservative party nomination in Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South for the 2011 provincial election.

Richard Beaudoin

In 2010, Boston Lyric Opera commissioned a work from Beaudoin to precede its February 2011 performances of Viktor Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis.

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

In February 2011, the community opened Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the first Major League Baseball spring training facility to be built on Indian land in the nation.

SeatGeek

In February 2011 SeatGeek announced a strategic investment from Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary through their fund A-Grade investments.

Second Movement Opera

In February 2011, The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti, a Second Movement production first staged in 2006, was performed in a tour of Northern Ireland by NI Opera in association with Second Movement, with performances in the Strule Arts Centre, Omagh; The Great Hall, Downpatrick; Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey and The Market Place Theatre, Armagh.

Sikorsky S-92

In February 2011, Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported health concerns from the noise and vibrations in the aircraft.

Tapper World Tour

Digital Distribution announced Tapper World Tour in February 2011 and is working with famous animator Don Bluth and his game development company Square One Studios.

The Fat Years

Dongsheng even reveals that the general atmosphere of contentment is due to the controlled addition of the drug MDMA into the public's drinking water and bottled drinks and that the missing month of February 2011 is simply a case of social amnesia.

Tony Potts

He had been the weekend host and correspondent of the Hollywood entertainment show Access Hollywood for 13-seasons from April 1999 to February 2011, before launching his own production company.

Toubou Front for the Salvation of Libya

In February 2011, forces commanded by Issa Abdel Majid Mansur briefly controlled Murzuq and Qatrun, being later repelled by Libyan government troops.

Toyohashi Railroad

From February 2011, the Manaca Smart Card system was implemented on the Toyohashi Railway network.

Veolia Environnement

In February 2011 the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council of the London borough of Tower Hamlets London voted to review its position with Veolia and place no further contracts with it, after claiming that Veolia's work for the Israeli government assisted the "continued oppression of the Palestinian people".

Vinod Punamiya

On 20 February 2011 he claimed to have cycled a distance of 1485 km from India Gate, New Delhi to Gateway of India, Mumbai in 31 hours on bicycle.

We Should Be Lovers

It was released on 19 February 2011 and went on to become the most played Irish song on radio that year, beating rivals Westlife, The Script and Snow Patrol.

Wilfredo Iraheta

In February 2011, Iraheta was candidate to become mayor of San Salvador.