Historical Events In February - 15

1981  Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY on this day in history.  

1981  Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies on February - 15.  

1982  Eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm on this day in history.  

1982  On this day in history 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  

1984  On this day in history 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq  

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

1985  On this day in history world chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23  

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 February - 15 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  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1990  Baseball owners lock out players on February - 15.  

1990  On February - 15 u.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia.  

1991  Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die on this day in history.  

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

1992  Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys on this day in history.  

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

1994  US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti on this day in history.  

1995  On February - 15 burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns  

1995  On this day in history dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17  

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

1996  Prime Minister Jean Chrétien scuffles with a protestor disrupting Flag Day ceremonies on February - 15.  

1997  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski on this day in history.  

1997  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge  

1998  Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship on February - 15.  

1999  Fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people on February - 15.  

2011  On February - 15 libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule  

2012  United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4% on February - 15.  

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

2014  On February - 15 tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock  

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.  

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

1471  On February - 15 birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30  

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant  

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)  

1524  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims  

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer  

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

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.  

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58  

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

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66  

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)