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Today in the World Countries

Carnival is being celebrated in Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela
Carnival Monday is being celebrated in Brazil, Curacao, Dominica
Commonwealth Day is being celebrated in Gibraltar
President's Day is being celebrated in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico
Shrove Monday is being celebrated in Saint Barthelemy

EVENTS
6.4 magnitude earthquake, followed by 5.8 magnitude aftershock strikes near city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syria border, killing at least six people in same region devastated by earthquakes 6 Feb.
BIRTHS
Andrii Levchenko, Model, born in Budapest, Hungary.
Coach Bayan, TikTok Star, born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Diddi Emah, Dancer, born in Nigeria.
Taha Asaad, Fitness Instructor, born in Lebanon.
DEATHS
Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer (water speed record 275.97 knots [511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph 1978]), who died at 83.

EVENTS
NBA All-Star Game, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Arena, Cleveland: Team LeBron beats Team Durant,163-160; MVP: Stephen Curry (50 points, record 16 x 3s).
64th Daytona 500: On owner Roger Penske's 85th birthday,23 year-old rookie Austin Cindric works his way through numerous crashes over the closing laps to win from Bubba Wallace.
DEATHS
Jamal Edwards, Entrepreneur.
Aleksandr Sidorenko, Ukrainian swimmer (Olympic gold USSR 400m IM 1980; World C'ship gold 200m IM 1982), who died at 61.

EVENTS
Australian Open Women's Tennis: Naomi Osaka of Japan wins her 4th major and second Australian title; beats American Jennifer Brady 6-4,6-3.
Bloodiest day of protests in Myanmar since its coup after security forces open fire, killing two people with 40 wounded in Mandalay.
US President Joe Biden declares a major disaster in Texas as state struggles to cope with aftermath of a crippling winter storm.
DEATHS
Mauro Bellugi, Italian soccer defender (32 caps; Inter Milan, Bologna, Napoli), who died from COVID-19 pandemic at 71.
Stan Williams, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1960²; World Series 1959,1990 [coach: Cincinnati Reds]; NY Yankees, LA Dodgers), who died from cardio-pulmonary illness at 84.
Chris Craft, Race Car Driver.

EVENTS
New Bank of England £20 note with painter JMW Turner released, replacing earlier one with economist Adam Smith.
Trump associate Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months imprisonment for obstructing a congressional investigation.
DEATHS
Yona Friedman, Architect.

DEATHS
William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), who died at 96.
Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), who died at 91.

EVENTS
Dutch skater Jorien ter Mors becomes first female to win Olympic medals in 2 different sports at a single Winter Games (Pyeongchang); 1,000m speed skating gold,3000m short track relay bronze.
Dutch women’s short track speed skating 3000m relay team skates a world record 4:03.471 in the B Final at the Pyeongchang Olympics; South Korea takes the gold medal in an inferior time,4:07.361; Dutch win bronze by default.
After winning the Olympic ice dance gold medal in Vancouver (2010), Canadian pair Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir follow their team event gold by taking the ice dance title at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Queen of England, Elizabeth II makes surprise appearance at London fashion week.
Frenchman Martin Fourcade wins his 3rd gold medal of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the biathlon mixed relay; also wins 12.5k pursuit & 15k mass start; 5th career gold (2 Sochi 2014).
Venezuela becomes the first country to launch a virtual currency, the petro, to counteract their financial crisis.

EVENTS
Gunman goes on random killing spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing 6.
4-inch lock of John Lennon's hair sells for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector at an auction in Dallas, Texas.
Jeb Bush suspends his presidential campaign.
US primary elections: Nevada Democratic Primary - Hillary Clinton wins with 52.6%.
US primary elections: South Carolina Republican Primary - Donald Trump wins with 32.5%.
Tropical Cyclone Winston hits Fiji, killing at least 29 - most powerful storm on record in Southern Hemisphere winds 296 kilometers per hour (184 mph).
WEDDINGS
TV personality and actress Casey Reinhardt at the age of 30 weds longtime beau Sean Brown in California.
R& B singer Ne-Yo at the age of 36 weds Crystal Renay Williams in Los Angeles.
Paramore's lead vocalist Hayley Williams at the age of 27 weds New Found Glory's lead guitarist Chad Gilbert in Franklin, Tennessee; divorce in 2017.
Paramore's lead vocalist Hayley Williams at the age of 27 weds New Found Glory's lead guitarist Chad Gilbert in Franklin, Tennessee.
American R& B singer Ne-Yo at the age of 36 weds Crystal Renay Williams at the age of 29 at the Terranea Resort, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Rancho Palos Verdes, California; divorce in 2023.
DEATHS
Peter Mondavi, American winemaker (Charles Krug - Napa Valley), who died at 101.

EVENTS
Kristen Stewart is the first American actress to win a French César Award as Best Supporting Actress for "Clouds of Sils Maria".

EVENTS
Marie-Philip Poulin scores in overtime to lead Canada to a 3-2 win over the US and 4th consecutive Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal at the Sochi Winter Games.
Aberdeen, Washington unveils statue of a weeping Kurt Cobain at park named after the singer.
Adelina Sotnikova convincingly wins the women's singles figure skating gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics for Russia's first title in the ladies event.
After winning the individual large hill 10k Nordic combined title Jørgen Graabak of Norway wins his 2nd gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics in the team large hill / 4 x 5 km relay.
Canada beats Sweden,6-3 in final to become first women's curling team to go through the Olympics undefeated as they win Sochi gold medal; first Manitoba based team to win Olympic gold.
France sweeps the medals in the men's ski cross at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Jean-Frédéric Chapuis takes the gold ahead of team mates Arnaud Bovolentaand Jonathan Midol.
France sweeps the medals in the men's ski cross at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Jean-Frédéric Chapuis takes the gold ahead of teammates Arnaud Bovolentaand Jonathan Midol.
BIRTHS
Princess Leonore, Princess, born in New York City, NY.
Like Nastya, YouTube Star, born in Russia.

EVENTS
Kepler-37b, the smallest known exoplanet, is discovered.
Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars.
DEATHS
Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, who died at 80.