Irakli Kobakhidze

• Irakli Kobakhidze (pictured) succeeds Irakli Garibashvili as the prime minister of Georgia.
• On the eve of the Pakistani general election, at least 28 people are killed in two Islamic State bombings targeting political campaign offices in Balochistan.
• Former president of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
• In Senegal, the upcoming presidential election is postponed, prompting protests from the opposition.
• Nangolo Mbumba succeeds Hage Geingob as the president of Namibia, following the latter's death at the age of 82.

February 12: Red Hand Day; Shrove Monday (Western Christianity, 2024)

Edvard Munch's The Scream

• 1691 – A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.
• 1924 – George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.
• 1994 – Edvard Munch's painting The Scream was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.
• 2003 – Protesters in La Paz, Bolivia, and the federal government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.