Historical Events In February - 15

1981  On this day in history rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY   

1981  Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 15 eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm.   

1982  Off the Newfoundlandthe oil drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsizes and sinks in 18 m waves during a fierce storm on the Grand Banks 315 km east of St. John's; all 84 crewmen, 56 of whom are Newfoundlanders, drown in worst marine disaster in Canada on February - 15.   

1984  On February - 15 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq   

1985  STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.   

1985  World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 on this day in history.   

1986  Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history aBC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series   

1987  On this day in history craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot   

1987  Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater on February - 15.   

1988  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  On February - 15 israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt   

1989  On February - 15 soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends   

1989  The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement on February - 15.   

1990  Baseball owners lock out players on February - 15.   

1990  U.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die   

1992  On February - 15 100th episode of "Cops" airs on the Fox Network   

1992  Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys on February - 15.   

1993  Bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia on February - 15.   

1994  On February - 15 uS asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti   

1995  On this day in history burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns   

1995  Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 on February - 15.   

1995  On February - 15 population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion   

1996  On February - 15 prime Minister Jean Chrétien scuffles with a protestor disrupting Flag Day ceremonies   

1997  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski on February - 15.   

1997  US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship   

1999  On this day in history fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people.   

2011  Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule on this day in history.   

2012  On February - 15 united Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4%   

2013  Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia on February - 15.   

2014  On this day in history tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  On February - 15 lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on this day in history.   

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  On this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.