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 this day in history.   

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  500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

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

1987  On February - 15 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 this day in history nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater   

1988  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

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

1989  Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends on February - 15.   

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

1990  On this day in history baseball owners lock out players   

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

1993  On February - 15 bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia   

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

1995  On February - 15 burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns   

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

1995  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski   

1997  On February - 15 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge   

1998  On February - 15 dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship   

1999  On February - 15 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 this day in history united Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4%   

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

2014  Tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock on this day in history.   

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1368  On this day in history 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  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

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  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

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

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1503  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

1568  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)