February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of the year (320 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).
NATIONAL GUMDROP DAY
399 ― Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth and of impiety.
1539 ― Emperor Charles receives a Cardinal Pole in Toledo, Spain.
1763 ― Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years War.
1804 ― New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery.
1851 ― Black abolitionists invade a Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave. -- From African-American Registry
1869 ― Charges of treason against Confederate President Jefferson Davis are dropped.
1898 ― The battleship, USS Maine, is blown up and sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die. This act signals the start of the Spanish-American war.
1900 ― British troops relieve Kimberly, South Africa, a city under siege by the Boers since October 1899, during the Second Boer War.
1910 ― The Boy Scouts of America founded.
1918 ― A U.S. army troop ship is torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boats off of Ireland.
1919 ― The American Legion is organized in Paris after WWI.
1922 ― Italian inventor and electrical engineer, Guglielmo Marconi, begins regular radio broadcasting transmissions from Essex.
1936 ― Low temperature of -60°F (-51°C) is reached at Parshall, ND (state record).
1936 ― Adolph Hitler announces the manufacture of Volkswagens, the "People Car".
1942 ― WWII: British ruled Singapore surrenders to the Japanese.
1944 ― 891 British bombers attack Berlin for the first time.
NATIONAL GUMDROP DAY
399 ― Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth and of impiety.
1539 ― Emperor Charles receives a Cardinal Pole in Toledo, Spain.
1763 ― Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years War.
1804 ― New Jersey becomes the last northern state to abolish slavery.
1851 ― Black abolitionists invade a Boston courtroom rescuing a fugitive slave. -- From African-American Registry
1869 ― Charges of treason against Confederate President Jefferson Davis are dropped.
1898 ― The battleship, USS Maine, is blown up and sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die. This act signals the start of the Spanish-American war.
1900 ― British troops relieve Kimberly, South Africa, a city under siege by the Boers since October 1899, during the Second Boer War.
1910 ― The Boy Scouts of America founded.
1918 ― A U.S. army troop ship is torpedoed and sunk by German U-Boats off of Ireland.
1919 ― The American Legion is organized in Paris after WWI.
1922 ― Italian inventor and electrical engineer, Guglielmo Marconi, begins regular radio broadcasting transmissions from Essex.
1936 ― Low temperature of -60°F (-51°C) is reached at Parshall, ND (state record).
1936 ― Adolph Hitler announces the manufacture of Volkswagens, the "People Car".
1942 ― WWII: British ruled Singapore surrenders to the Japanese.
1944 ― 891 British bombers attack Berlin for the first time.
1950 ― The Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China, the two largest communist nations in the world, announce the signing of a mutual defense and assistance treaty.
1952 ― King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
1955 ― The first pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds is announced.
1970 ― As the jury continues to deliberate in the trial of the Chicago Eight, defense attorneys William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass and three of the defendants are sentenced to prison for contempt of court.
1971 ― After 1,200 years Great Britain abandons 12-shilling system for the decimal currency ("Decimal Day").
1972 ― Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1978 ― Escaped serial killer, Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, is recaptured, Pensacola, FL.
1982 ― The Ocean Ranger semi-submersible oil-drilling rig is lost off of Newfoundland, 84 die.
1992 ― Serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, is found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys. He is later killed by inmates while serving his prison sentence.
1995 ― The population of the People's Republic of China reaches 1.2 billion.
2002 ― At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
2011 ― Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule. These protests would ultimately lead to his assassination.
2013 ― Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor (video) breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)
1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (d. 1922)
1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014)
1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
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1952 ― King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
1955 ― The first pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds is announced.
1970 ― As the jury continues to deliberate in the trial of the Chicago Eight, defense attorneys William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass and three of the defendants are sentenced to prison for contempt of court.
1971 ― After 1,200 years Great Britain abandons 12-shilling system for the decimal currency ("Decimal Day").
1972 ― Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1978 ― Escaped serial killer, Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy, is recaptured, Pensacola, FL.
1982 ― The Ocean Ranger semi-submersible oil-drilling rig is lost off of Newfoundland, 84 die.
1992 ― Serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, is found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys. He is later killed by inmates while serving his prison sentence.
1995 ― The population of the People's Republic of China reaches 1.2 billion.
2002 ― At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium's property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.
2011 ― Libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule. These protests would ultimately lead to his assassination.
2013 ― Over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor (video) breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia.
2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)
1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer (d. 1922)
1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014)
1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
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