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Sunday, 15 February 2026
1983 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 
1984 Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer, dies at 87
1985 Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72
1987 Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62.
1988 Arwel Hughes, composer, dies at 79
1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on The Civil War
1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel.
1991 NY Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame
1991 Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51
1992 Bernice Gera, 1st female basball ump (1969 NY-Penn League) dies at 61.
1993 A South African Bill grants blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the inaugural time.
1993 Sydney, Australia chosen for Olympic Games of 2000
1993 William Cort, actor/producer (Ghost, Dear Heart), dies of cancer at 53
1994 Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80
1995 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81
1996 Denis Dowling, baritone, dies at 86
1997 "The Adventures of Pinocchio" is recorded as becoming the inaugural DVD to incorporate DVD video games
2006 Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.
2007 Yokozuna Hakuho won the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho) in Tokyo, Japan
2012 Iran blocks the use of Google as a search engine
2013 25 people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China
2014 Grammy Award winning rapper Eve (35) weds entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper at Cala Jondal Beach in Ibiza, Spain
2017 Women are allowed in King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh for the inaugural time during Saudi Arabia's 87th anniversary celebrations
2018 Japan's space agency is the inaugural to place two robotic explorers on an asteroid - Ryugu, from its Hayabusa-2 spacecraft
2018 In this year, Tiger Woods fires final round 71 to beat Billy Horschel by 2 and win the Tour Championship at East Lake GC in Atlanta: Woods' 80th PGA Tour win; inaugural in 5 years; Justin Rose claims FedEx Cup crown, $10m bonus.
2018 39 year old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws 17 yard pass to Michael Thomas to become NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
2018 Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 in Chicago to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World in the 2nd Laver Cup tennis tournament.
2018 Mud volcano, the Otman-Bozdag, erupts 300m (980ft) high, near Baku, Azerbaijan
2018 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare", free heathcare for 500 million, world's biggest healthcare program
2019 One of the largest and oldest travel firms, Thomas Cook, goes bankrupt as last-minute rescue negotiations fail, stranding 600000 tourists worldwide
2019 In this year, Russia formally formally adopts the Paris climate agreement.
2023 Farm Aid held in Noblesville, Indiana; performers include Willie Nelson , John Mellencamp , Dave Matthews . Margo Price, Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros, Bob Dylan , The String Cheese Incident, and Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats
2024 The deadliest day of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict since 2006 occurs, with 569 people killed and 1835 wounded by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
