Soviet army liberates Warsaw from Nazi forces
The operation was part of the Vistula–Oder Offensive, which was a successful Red Army operation on the Eastern Front in the European Theatre of World War II in January 1945.
Assassination of Congolese independence leader and revolutionary Patrice Lumumba
The United States and Belgium led counter revolutionary forces carried out the assassination.
Institutional murder of Rohith Vemula in India
He committed suicide at the age of 26, distressed due to the ostracization inflicted up on him by the university authorities at the instigation of the right wing Hindu outfits in and outside the campus.
Curbs on withdrawals by banks trigger protests in Lebanon
The country has been witnessing popular protests since October 17, last year
Massive anti-fascist protest in Hamburg, Germany
Hundreds protested against a controversial conference organized by the German far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), at a technical school in the Dulsberg district of Hamburg
Bulgarian firefighters raise concerns over government’s proposed reforms
The National Fire and Rescue Union has opposed the proposed reforms in the sector, that include changes to work hours, shifts and payments for night duties in the department
Another brutal winter eviction resisted in Glasgow
After protests and legal intervention by the Living Rent Glasgow tenants’ union, the eviction has been postponed till a formal Tribunal hearing on February 24
Founding congress of the Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine
It was one of the forerunners of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.