February 20, 1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran. Pahlevi marches into Tehran with 2,500 soldiers and takes over the government. Five years later he is crowned Shah and places the crown upon his head with his own hands, as did Napoleon.

February 21, 1958 Egypt-Syria as the UAR elects Gamel Nasser president.

February 22, 1857 Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts Movement, is born.

February 23, 1970 Guyana becomes a