WillDekkard
02-15-2010, 03:55 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- February 15th
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* 590 Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia
* 1637 Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1764 The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
* 1804 Serbian revolution started.
* 1805 Harmony Society is officially formed.
* 1835 The first constitutional law in modern Serbia was adopted.
* 1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.
* 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
* 1879 Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
* 1891 AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
* 1898 Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
* 1906 The British Labour Party is organised.
* 1909 The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico, 250 die in the blaze.
* 1933 In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
* 1942 World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
* 1944 World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
* 1950 The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
* 1952 King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
* 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, with the entire United States Figure Skating team, several coaches and family.
* 1965 A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
* 1970 A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
* 1971 Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
* 1972 Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
* 1976 The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
* 1980 Television One and Television Two (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
* 1982 The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.
* 1989 Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
* 1991 The Visegrαd Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
* 1996 At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
* 1999 Abdullah Φcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), is arrested in Kenya.
* 2000 Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
* 2001 First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature
* 2003 Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world.
* 2005 YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.
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- February 15th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 590 Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia
* 1637 Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1764 The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
* 1804 Serbian revolution started.
* 1805 Harmony Society is officially formed.
* 1835 The first constitutional law in modern Serbia was adopted.
* 1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.
* 1862 American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
* 1879 Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
* 1891 AIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.
* 1898 Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
* 1906 The British Labour Party is organised.
* 1909 The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico, 250 die in the blaze.
* 1933 In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago, Illinois Mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
* 1942 World War II: The Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. The Sook Ching massacre begins.
* 1944 World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
* 1950 The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
* 1952 King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
* 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, with the entire United States Figure Skating team, several coaches and family.
* 1965 A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
* 1970 A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
* 1971 Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
* 1972 Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
* 1976 The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by the national referendum.
* 1980 Television One and Television Two (formerly South Pacific Television) under the newly formed Television New Zealand goes to air for the first time.
* 1982 The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.
* 1989 Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
* 1991 The Visegrαd Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
* 1996 At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
* 1999 Abdullah Φcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), is arrested in Kenya.
* 2000 Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
* 2001 First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature
* 2003 Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world.
* 2005 YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.
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