We all know The Legend of Zelda turned 25 in February... but what else was going on at the time?
February 1986
February 2 – One of Australia's worst crimes, the Anita Cobby murder, occurs.
February 3 – Pixar Animation Studios is opened.
February 7 – President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti, ending 28 years of family rule.
February 9 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.
February 11 – Human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky is released by the Soviet Union and leaves the country.
February 15 – The Beechcraft Starship makes its maiden flight.
February 16
The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
February 17 – The Single European Act is signed.
February 19
The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
February 21 - The Legend of Zelda is released
February 25
People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.
Egyptian military police, protesting against bad salaries, enter 4 luxury hotels near the pyramids, set fire to them and loot them.
February 26 – People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
February 28 – Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated on his way home from the cinema.
February 1986
February 2 – One of Australia's worst crimes, the Anita Cobby murder, occurs.
February 3 – Pixar Animation Studios is opened.
February 7 – President Jean-Claude Duvalier ("Baby Doc") flees Haiti, ending 28 years of family rule.
February 9 – Halley's Comet reaches its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun, during its second visit to the solar system in the 20th Century.
February 11 – Human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky is released by the Soviet Union and leaves the country.
February 15 – The Beechcraft Starship makes its maiden flight.
February 16
The Soviet liner Mikhail Lermontov sinks in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
The French Air Force raids the Libyan Ouadi Doum airbase in northern Chad.
February 17 – The Single European Act is signed.
February 19
The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station.
After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide.
February 21 - The Legend of Zelda is released
February 25
People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president. Salvador Laurel becomes her Vice President.
Egyptian military police, protesting against bad salaries, enter 4 luxury hotels near the pyramids, set fire to them and loot them.
February 26 – People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
February 27 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
February 28 – Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated on his way home from the cinema.
