February 2000

Friday 04:

German extortionist Klaus-Peter Sabotta is jailed for life for attempted murder and extortion in connection with sabotage of German railway lines.

Monday 07:

Bahria University is established through the Presidential Ordinance No. V of 2000 of Government of Pakistan.

Sunday 13:

The last original Peanuts comic strip appears in newspapers a day after Charles M. Schulz died.

Monday 14:

The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker entered orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.

Tuesday 15:

Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.

Monday 21:

David Letterman returns to The Late Show over a month after having an emergency quintuple heart bypass surgery.

Tuesday 29:

A seven-year-old student opens fire on a six-year-old classmate at Buell Elementary school in Mount Morris Township, Michigan. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.02/