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| February 15th |
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| About February 15th is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of the calendar year (320 in leap years). Births 1564 - Galileo Galilei, physicist, astronomer, philosopher 1725 - Abraham Clark, signer of the Declaration of Independence 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, civil rights leader 1935 - Roger Chaffee - Crew of Apollo I 1935 - Gene Hickerson, Hall of Fame offensive guard 1960 - Darrell Green, Hall of Fame cornerback 1974 - Seattle Slew, 1977 Triple Crown winning racehorse Deaths 1932 - Minnie "Mrs" Fiske, actress, activist 1965 - Nat King Cole, jazz pianist, musician 2009 - Joe Cuba, musician ("Father of Latin Boogaloo") Events 1764 - The city of St. Louis, Missouri is founded. 1898 - The USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor killing more than 260 and leading to the Spanish-American War. 1906 - The British Labour Party is formally created. 1933 - President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Miami, Florida that kills Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak. 1950 - Walt Disney's animated feature Cinderella opens. 1958 - The Dick Clark Show debuts on ABC television. 1989 - The Soviet Union announces that all of its troops had left Afghanistan, ending the 9-year conflict. 1998 - Dale Earnhardt wins his first Daytona 500, NASCAR’s premier event. 2003 - An estimated 10 million people spanning 60 countries participate in anti-Iraq War protests. 2005 - The popular online video hosting website YouTube is launched. |
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