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Featured article Northern Bank Headquarters on Donegall Square, Belfast On 20 December 2004, £26.5 million was stolen from the Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Having taken family members of two bank officials hostage, an armed gang forced the workers to help them steal banknotes. It was one of the largest bank robberies in the United Kingdom. The police and the British and Irish governments claimed that the Provisional Irish Republican Army was responsible, which was denied. Police forces made inquiries and arrests in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. A sum of £2.3 million was impounded from a financial adviser, Ted Cunningham, in County Cork; he was convicted in 2009. Chris Ward, one of the bank officials, was arrested in November 2005 and charged with robbery. The prosecution offered no evidence at trial and he was released. Northern Bank replaced its own bank notes. The robbery adversely affected the Northern Ireland peace process and hardened the relationship between the Taoiseach and Sinn Féin. No individual or group has ever been held directly responsible for the robbery. (Full article...) Recently featured: Siege of Baghdad Japanese battleship Tosa Lise Meitner Zimmerman Telegram Zimmerman Telegram On February 24, .. 1582 - Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar. 1803 - Marbury v. Madison established judicial review in the U.S. 1917 - The Zimmermann Telegram was delivered, complicating World War I. 1999 - Arizona executed German national Karl LaGrand. Recent days: February 23 - February 22 More events in history... Did you know ...? Johnny Gaudreau ... that Johnny Gaudreau (pictured), despite being one of the smallest players in the National Hockey League, was a seven-time All-Star? ... that Paul Steele was elected as council leader on the cut of a deck of cards following the 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election? ... that the Santa Ynez Reservoir in Pacific Palisades, which was built to provide water for firefighting, was empty when the 2025 Palisades Fire began? ... that Polish 1960 sci-fi novel Wielka, większa i największa was very influential for Polish young-adult literature? ... that the Eucharistic liturgies of Seek, a Catholic young-adult conference which attracts thousands of attendees, are planned more than a year and a half in advance? ... that in the early 1170s Humphrey III of Toron may have been the lord of Transjordan, but he also may have been dead? ... that Jane Remover was inspired to create Census Designated after a self-described "near-death experience" traveling through a blizzard? ... that Maria Einsmann claimed to be her own husband, Josef, when she registered the births of her companion Helene Müller's two children in 1921 and 1930? ... that Death Angels are Happy?	In the news Sam Nujoma In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl. Former president of Namibia Sam Nujoma (pictured) dies at the age of 95. A series of boycotts against retail stores expands to several countries in Southeast Europe. The 49th imam of Nizari Isma'ilism, Aga Khan IV, dies at the age of 88 and is succeeded by his son, Aga Khan V. Eleven people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden. Ongoing: Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Paul Plishka Sal Maida Harry Stewart Jr. Dafydd Elis-Thomas Virginia Halas McCaskey Sally J. Novetzke Holidays {{Holidays}} Obituaries Italian cyclist Marco Pantani died suddenly at a hotel in Rimini, Italy on February 14. Former Chechen president Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev was killed in an apparent car bomb explosion on February 13. Former leader of the Canadian liberal party, Claude Ryan, died from stomach cancer on February 9 at age 79. More recent deaths...
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