Historical Events In February - 15

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

1981  On February - 15 jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies  

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

1985  On February - 15 sTS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad  

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 February - 15.  

1987  On February - 15 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 this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1991  On February - 15 freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die  

1992  On this day in history 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  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  Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 on this day in history.  

1995  Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion on February - 15.  

1996  Prime Minister Jean Chrétien scuffles with a protestor disrupting Flag Day ceremonies on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 15.  

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

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

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)  

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

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.  

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

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

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.  

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

1503  On this day in history 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  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.  

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.