Historical Events In February - 15

1908  On this day in history sidney Gilliat, producer  

1909  Harold Beeley, British diplomat on this day in history.  

1910  On February - 15 the Boy Scouts of America is founded.  

1910  On February - 15 albert Fuchs, composer, dies at 51  

1912  Fram reaches latitude 78º 41' S, farthest south ever by ship on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history fram reaches latitude 78° 41' S, farthest south ever by ship  

1913  On February - 15 first avant-garde art show in America opens in New York NY  

1913  1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC on February - 15.  

1916  On this day in history nY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500  

1916  On this day in history nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73  

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1917  On this day in history san Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated  

1917  SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated on this day in history.  

1917  On February - 15 charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60  

1918  On this day in history estonia, Latvia & Lithuania adopt the Gregorian calendar  

1918  First WWI US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland on this day in history.  

1918  1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany, off Ireland on this day in history.  

1919  On February - 15 1,700 Jews are murdered in the Ukrainian town of Proskoruv by followers of Simon Petlura, Ukrainian Nationalist leader.  

1919  American Legion organizes in Paris on February - 15.  

1919  On February - 15 pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66  

1921  Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec on February - 15.  

1921  On this day in history hans Haym, composer, dies at 60  

1922  Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex on this day in history.  

1922  On February - 15 clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36  

1923  On February - 15 josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69  

1924  Lionel Monckton, English composer (Country Girl), dies at 62 on February - 15.  

1926  On this day in history contract air mail service begins in US  

1926  Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St NYC on this day in history.  

1928  On February - 15 hubert H Asquith, premier Great-Britain (1908-16), dies at 75  

1929  St Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago) on February - 15.  

1930  Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes on February - 15.  

1931  First Dracula movie released on February - 15.  

1931  The birth of Claire Bloom, English actress on this day in history.  

1931  1st Dracula movie released on February - 15.  

1932  On this day in history 3rd Winter Olympics games close at Lake Placid NY  

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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  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.  

1497  On February - 15 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  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36  

1580  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)