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February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 319 days remaining (320 in leap years ).
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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 399 BC - The philosopher Socrates sentenced to death.
590 - Khosrau II crowned as king of Persia
1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor .
1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri established.
1805 - Harmony Society officially formed.
1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children , London , admits its first patient.
1862 - American Civil War : General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson , Tennessee .
1879 - Women's rights : American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States .
1898 - Spanish-American War : The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba , killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain .
1903 - Morris Michtom and his wife Rose introduce the first teddy bear in America .
1906 - The British Labour Party organized.
1933 - In Miami, Florida , Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President -elect Franklin D. Roosevelt , but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak , who dies of his wounds on March 6 , 1933 .
1942 - World War II : The Fall of Singapore . Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian , United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war , the largest surrender of British -led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
1944 - World War II : The assault on Monte Cassino , Italy begins.
1946 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer , unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania .
1950 - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
1952 - King George VI buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle .
1953 - Seventeen-year-old Tenley Albright becomes the first American to win the world figure skating championship.
1961 - Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium , killing 73, with the entire US Figure Skating team, several coaches & family.
1965 - A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada , replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
1970 - A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo , killing 102.
1971 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day .
1976 - The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum .
1980 - Television One and Television Two (formerly South Pacific Television ) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
1982 - The drilling rig Ocean Ranger Newfoundland , killing 84 rig workers.
1989 - Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan : The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops had left Afghanistan .
1991 - The Visegrád Agreement , establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems , signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland .
1994 - Russia annexed Tartarstan by integrating it into its so-called federation , start of War of Independence and War of Liberation
1995 - Hacking : Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States ' most "secure" computer systems .
1996 - Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens, Greece .
1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500 after 20 years of disappointment.
1999 - Abdullah Öcalan , leader of the terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers Party , is arrested in Kenya by Turkish agents.
2000 - Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2002 - At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia , investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
2003 - Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. Estimates from 8,000,000-30,000,000 people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in history of the world.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins the Daytona 500, six years to the day when his father won his only Daytona 500.
2005 - YouTube , a popular video-sharing website, is established.
Births 1458 - Ivan the Young , Ruler of Tver (d. 1490 )
1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (d. 1503 )
1564 - Galileo Galilei , Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642 )
1571 - Michael Praetorius , German composer (d. 1621 )
1620 - François Charpentier , French archaeologist (d. 1702 )
1705 - Charles-André van Loo , French painter (d. 1765 )
1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774 )
1723 - John Witherspoon , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794 )
1725 - Abraham Clark , American founding father (d. 1794 )
1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart , French architect (d. 1813 )
1759 - Friedrich August Wolf , German archaeologist (d. 1824 )
1803 - John Sutter , California pioneer (d. 1880 )
1809 - Cyrus McCormick , American inventor (d. 1884 )
1809 - André Dumont , Belgian geologist (d. 1857 )
1812 - Charles Lewis Tiffany , American jeweler (d. 1902 )
1815 - Constantin von Tischendorf , German Biblical scholar (d. 1874 )
1820 - Susan B. Anthony , American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906 )
1825 - Carter Harrison, Sr. , Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893 )
1835 - Demetrius Vikelas , Greek author, president of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1908 )
1841 - Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles , President of Brazil (d. 1913 )
1845 - Elihu Root , American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937 )
1847 - Robert Fuchs , Austrian composer (d. 1927 )
1856 - Emil Kraepelin , German psychiatrist (d. 1926 )
1861 - Charles Edouard Guillaume , French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1938 )
1873 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin , German-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964 )
1874 - Sir Ernest Shackleton , British polar explorer (d. 1922 )
1883 - Sax Rohmer , English author (d. 1959 )
1892 - James Forrestal , United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949 )
1893 - Walter Donaldson , American songwriter (d. 1947 )
1895 - Earl Thomson , Canadian athlete (d. 1971 )
1896 - Arthur Shields , Irish actor (d. 1970 )
1898 - Totò , Italian actor, writer, and composer (d. 1967 )
1898 - Allen Woodring , American runner (d. 1982 )
1899 - Georges Auric , French composer (d. 1983 )
1899 - Gale Sondergaard , American actress (d. 1985 )
1904 - Antonin Magne , French cyclist (d. 1983 )
1905 - Harold Arlen , American composer (d. 1986 )
1907 - Jean Langlais , French composer and organist (d. 1991 )
1907 - Cesar Romero , American actor (d. 1994 )
1908 - Sarto Fournier , Quebec politician (d. 1980 )
1909 - Miep Gies , Dutch biographer of Anne Frank
1909 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes , Spanish footballer (d. 1966 )
1911 - Leonard Woodcock , labor union official, ambassador to China (d. 2001 )
1913 - Erich Eliskases , Austrian-born chess player (d. 1997 )
1914 - Hale Boggs , American politician (d. 1972 )
1914 - Kevin McCarthy , American actor
1916 - Mary Jane Croft , American actress (d. 1999 )
1918 - Allan Arbus , American actor
1918 - Hank Locklin , American country music singer and songwriter
1922 - John Bayard Anderson , American politician
1923 - Yelena Bonner , Russian human rights activist, widow of physicist Andrei Sakharov
1927 - Harvey Korman , American actor and comedian
1929 - Graham Hill , British 2 time Formula 1 World Champion(d. 1975 )
1929 - James Schlesinger , American politician
1930 - Nico Minardos , American actor
1931 - Claire Bloom , British actress
1931 - Geoff Edwards , American television game show host
1934 - Niklaus Wirth , Swiss computer scientist
1934 - Graham Kennedy , Australian actor (d. 2005 )
1935 - Susan Brownmiller , American feminist and writer
1935 - Roger Chaffee , astronaut (d. 1967 )
1937 - Gregory Mcdonald , American author
1939 - Ole Ellefsæter , Norwegian cross-country skier
1940 - John Hadl , American football player
1940 - Hamzah Haz , Indonesian politician
1941 - Brian Holland , American songwriter and producer
1941 - Florinda Bolkan , Brazilian actress
1944 - Mick Avory , British drummer (The Kinks )
1945 - John Helliwell , British musician (Supertramp )
1945 - Douglas Hofstadter , American academic and writer
1946 - Marisa Berenson , American actress
1946 - Esko Seppänen , Finnish politician
1947 - John Coolidge Adams , American composer
1947 - Rusty Hamer , American actor (d. 1990 )
1947 - David Brown , American musician (Santana ) (d. 2000 )
1948 - Ron Cey , baseball player
1948 - Art Spiegelman , American cartoonist
1949 - Ken Anderson , American football player
1950 - Hark Tsui , Hong Kong film director
1951 - Melissa Manchester , American singer
1951 - Jane Seymour , British actress
1953 - Tony Adams , Irish film producer (d. 2005 )
1954 - Matt Groening , American cartoonist
1955 - Christopher McDonald , American actor
1957 - Jimmy Spencer , American race car driver
1958 - Chrystine Brouillet , Quebec novelist
1959 - Ali Campbell , British musician (UB40 )
1959 - Brian Propp , Canadian hockey player
1960 - Mikey Craig , British musician (Culture Club )
1964 - Chris Farley , American actor and comedian (d. 1997 )
1967 - Jane Child , Canadian musician
1968 - Axelle Red , Belgian singer and songwriter
1969 - Bryan Williams , founder of Cash Money Records
1970 - Craig Gass , American impressionist/comedian
1971 - Renée O'Connor , American actress and director
1971 - Ray Sefo , New Zealand kick boxer
1972 - Jaromír Jágr , Czech hockey player
1973 - Kateřina Neumannová , Czech cross country skier
1973 - Amy Van Dyken , American swimmer
1973 - Sarah Wynter , Australian actress
1974 - Seattle Slew , American racehorse (d. 2002 )
1974 - Tomi Putaansuu , Finnish singer (Lordi )
1974 - Ugueth Urbina , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
1974 - Alexander Wurz , Austrian race car driver
1974 - Gina Lynn , American porn actress
1975 - Serge Aubin , National Hockey League player
1976 - Brandon Boyd , American musician (Incubus )
1976 - Ronnie Vannucci Jr. , American musician (The Killers )
1976 - Óscar Freire , Spanish cyclist
1977 - Brooks Wackerman , American drummer
1978 - Tuan Le , American poker player
1978 - Kimberly Goss , American singer and musician (Sinergy )
1979 - Alenka Kejžar , Slovenian swimmer
1979 - Josh Low , English footballer
1980 - Conor Oberst , American singer and songwriter (Bright Eyes )
1981 - Matt Hoopes , American musician (Relient K )
1981 - Olivia Longott , American singer
1981 - Jenna Morasca , American model
1983 - Russell Martin , American baseball player
1984 - Dorota Rabczewska , Polish singer (Virgin )
1984 - Meera Jasmine , Indian actress
1987 - Harry Ravese , Eastern Pa. Legend
Deaths 380 - Peter II , Patriarch of Alexandria
1145 - Pope Lucius II
1621 - Michael Praetorius , German composer (b. 1571 )
1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578 )
1738 - Matthias Braun , Czech sculptor (b. 1684 )
1775 - Peter Dens , Belgian Catholic theologian (b. 1690 )
1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , German author and philosopher (b. 1729 )
1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen , Prussian general (b. 1746 )
1835 - Henry Hunt , British politician (b. 1773 )
1839 - Chevalier de Lorimier , Quebec notary and Patriote (b. 1803 )
1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis , Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770 )
1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757 )
1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin , Belgian mathematician (b. 1794 )
1848 - Hermann von Boyen , Prussian field marshal (b. 1771 )
1849 - Pierre François Verhulst , Belgian mathematician (b. 1804 )
1857 - Mikhail Glinka , Russian composer (b. 1804 )
1869 - Mirza Ghalib , Indian poet (b. 1796 )
1911 - Theodor Escherich , German pediatrician (b. 1859 )
1928 - H. H. Asquith , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852 )
1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske , American actress (b. 1865 )
1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin , Russian painter (b. 1878 )
1959 - Owen Willans Richardson , British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879 )
1964 - Robert L. Thornton , American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1880 )
1965 - Nat King Cole , American singer and musician (b. 1919 )
1966 - Gerard Ciołek , Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909 )
1971 - Dimitrios Loundras , Greek gymnast (b. 1885 )
1973 - Wally Cox , American actor (b. 1924 )
1973 - Tim Holt , American actor (b. 1919 )
1974 - Kurt Atterberg , Swedish composer (b. 1887 )
1981 - Mike Bloomfield , American musician (b. 1944 )
1981 - Karl Richter , German conductor (b. 1926 )
1984 - Ethel Merman , American singer and actress (b. 1908 )
1988 - Richard Feynman , American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918 )
1992 - William Schuman , American composer (b. 1910 )
1996 - Tommy Rettig , American actor (b. 1941 )
1996 - McLean Stevenson , American actor (b. 1929 )
1996 - Lucio Agostini , Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913 )
1998 - Louie Spicolli , American professional wrestler
1999 - Big L (Lamont Coleman) , American rapper (b. 1974 )
1999 - Henry Way Kendall , American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926 )
2002 - Howard K. Smith , American journalist (b. 1914 )
2002 - Kevin Smith , New Zealand actor (b. 1963 )
2004 - Jens Evensen , Norwegian minister and International Court of Justice judge (b. 1917 )
2004 - Jan Miner , American actress (b. 1917 )
2005 - Samuel Francis , American journalist (b. 1947 )
2005 - Pierre Bachelet , French singer and songwriter (b. 1944 )
2007 - Walker Edmiston , actor (b. 1926 )
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