Page 5: Historical Events In February - 15

1882  On this day in history 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin   

1882  On this day in history john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

1885  On this day in history richard Wurz, composer   

1885  Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1886  Sax Rohmer, England, author (Dr Fu Manchu) on February - 15.   

1887  H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist on February - 15.   

1887  Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP)   

1891  AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens on this day in history.   

1892  James Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy on February - 15.   

1893  Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist on this day in history.   

1894  Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans   

1896  Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island) on February - 15.   

1896  E J Nicholson, writer, dies on February - 15.   

1897  On this day in history earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)   

1898  USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die on February - 15.   

1898  On this day in history uSS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die   

1898  On February - 15 toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)   

1899  Gale Sondergard, Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history general French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes   

1901  On February - 15 andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)   

1902  Underground railway (U-Bahn) on February - 15.   

1902  On this day in history wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68   

1903  First Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom on February - 15.   

1903  On this day in history 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom   

1903  On February - 15 julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69   

1904  On February - 15 antonin Magne, French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)   

1905  1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) on this day in history.   

1905  Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow) on February - 15.   

1905  Lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1906  On February - 15 british Labour Party organizes   

1906  Stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries) on this day in history.   

1907  Cesar Romero, NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man) 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 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 this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On February - 15 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 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 February - 15.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)