Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Births
Deaths
- February 27 - Andy Warhol, American artist
Events
- February 11 - British Airways begins trading stocks.
- February 11 - Philippines constitution goes into effect.
- February 11 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- February 24 - Supernova 1987a is observed, within hours of its explosion; astronomers worldwide go into a feeding frenzy.
- Chemistry Donald J Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, [[Charles J Pedersen]