Historical Events In February - 15

1882  1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin on February - 15.   

1882  On February - 15 john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

1885  On February - 15 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  On February - 15 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1890  Robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP) on February - 15.   

1891  On this day in history aIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.   

1892  On this day in history james Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy   

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 February - 15 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans   

1896  Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island) on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 15 e J Nicholson, writer, dies   

1897  Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) on February - 15.   

1898  USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die on this day in history.   

1898  On February - 15 uSS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die   

1898  On this day in history toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)   

1899  On February - 15 gale Sondergard, Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio)   

1900  General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes on this day in history.   

1901  Andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist (Assur) on February - 15.   

1902  Underground railway (U-Bahn) on this day in history.   

1902  On February - 15 wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68   

1903  On February - 15 first Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom   

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 this day in history antonin Magne, French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34)   

1905  1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) on February - 15.   

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

1905  On this day in history lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77   

1906  British Labour Party organizes on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

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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  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  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

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  On February - 15 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  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on February - 15.   

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