Page 10: Historical Events In February - 15

1981  On February - 15 rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY   

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

1982  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

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

1986  On February - 15 ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election   

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

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

1987  On February - 15 nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater   

1988  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 15.   

1989  Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt on February - 15.   

1989  Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends on this day in history.   

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

1990  Baseball owners lock out players on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1992  On this day in history jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys   

1993  Bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history uS asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti   

1995  Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns on this day in history.   

1995  On February - 15 dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17   

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

1996  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

2012  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2014  Tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock on February - 15.   

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

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

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

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

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

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on this day in history.   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.   

1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.