Page 5: Historical Events In February - 15

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

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

1885  Richard Wurz, composer on this day in history.   

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

1886  On this day in history sax Rohmer, England, author (Dr Fu Manchu)   

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

1887  On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1890  Robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP) on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 15 aIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.   

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

1893  On February - 15 harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist   

1894  Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on February - 15.   

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

1896  On this day in history arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)   

1896  E J Nicholson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 15 earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)   

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

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

1898  Toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri) on February - 15.   

1899  Gale Sondergard, Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio) on February - 15.   

1900  On February - 15 general French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes   

1901  On this day in history andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)   

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

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

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

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

1903  Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1905  On February - 15 lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77   

1906  British Labour Party organizes on this day in history.   

1906  On February - 15 stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries)   

1907  On this day in history cesar Romero, NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man)   

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1368  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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 February - 15.   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

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

1145  On February - 15 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 February - 15.   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.