2015 Event Walmart announces that in April it will raise wages of 500,000 Sam's Club and Walmart workers to $9/hour, exceeding the current minimum wage by $1.75, with a further raise to $10/hour by next February 2014 Event eBay announces that its databases were accessed by hackers in February and March of this year; despite no reports to date of illicit activity arising from the cyberattack, the company is requiring all users to change their passwords 2014 Event Michaels Stores, Inc. states that data for 2.6 million payment cards at its Michaels stores and 400,000 cards at its Aaron Brothers stores may have been compromised in a security breach; the breaches occurred between May 8, 2013 and February 27, 2014 2014 Event Dong Nguyen, creator of the 'Flappy Bird' app, announces that he will reintroduce the app sometime in the future; he removed the app in February after fearing that it was too addictive 2014 Event U.S. payrolls show growth, with 129,000 jobs added in January and 175,000 jobs added in February in spite of difficult winter weather 2014 Event Jay Leno, entertainer and host of 'The Tonight Show', says goodbye after 22 years of hosting the show; he will be replaced with Jimmy Fallon beginning February 17 2014 Event Pope Francis announces that on February 22, he will hold a Consistory and create 19 new Cardinals from 12 countries; the names of the Cardinals were released during the Holy Father's announcement 2013 Event On the first day of its release, Sony's PlayStation 4 sells 1 million units in the U.S. and Canada; the PS4 launches in Europe November 29th, and Japan February 22, 2014 2013 Event A report reveals that hackers using fraudulent ATM cards in February, 2013, stole $45 million 2013 Event Citing frail health, Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation effective February 28, 2013; he is the first Pope to resign since Pope Gregory XII in 1415 2011 Event The host city of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be Pyeongchang, South Korea; the winter multi-sport event will take place between the 9th and 24th of February, 2018 2010 Event China and South Korea plan to hold defense talks in February 2011 concerning growing regional tension on the Korean Peninsula 2010 Event An additional 23 soldiers from the Bangladesh Rifles are sentenced to imprisonment for mutiny in February 2009 1973 Birthday Karim Alami, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, ranked 25th in the World for singles in February, 2000 1970 Event NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed February 23) 1964 Birthday Dedee Pfeiffer, born in Midway City, California, actress, appeared on Cybill Shepherd's television series, Cybill, featured in Playboy magazine, February 2002 1963 Birthday Justine Greiner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, playmate, February, 1984 1963 Birthday Cherie Witter, Everett Wash, playmate, February, 1985 1948 Birthday Lorri Menconi, playmate, February 1969 1947 Birthday Janis Schmitt, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, February 1978 1941 Death Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed 1941 Death Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1941 Event February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam 1932 Event 73 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February 1930 Birthday Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February 1917 Event February revolution begins in Russia 1907 Birthday Theun de Vries, writer, February; PC Hooft prize 1981 1804 Event Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816
