Page 10: Historical Events In February - 15

1981  On February - 15 rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY   

1981  On February - 15 jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies   

1982  Eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm on this day in history.   

1982  On February - 15 off the Newfoundlandthe oil drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsizes and sinks in 18 m waves during a fierce storm on the Grand Banks 315 km east of St. John's; all 84 crewmen, 56 of whom are Newfoundlanders, drown in worst marine disaster in Canada   

1984  On February - 15 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq   

1985  On this day in history sTS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad   

1985  On this day in history world chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23   

1986  On this day in history ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election   

1987  ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot   

1987  Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater on February - 15.   

1988  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 15.   

1989  On this day in history israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt   

1989  On February - 15 soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends   

1989  The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement on February - 15.   

1990  On February - 15 baseball owners lock out players   

1990  On this day in history u.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia.   

1991  On February - 15 freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die   

1992  100th episode of "Cops" airs on the Fox Network on February - 15.   

1992  Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys on this day in history.   

1993  Bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia on February - 15.   

1994  US asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti on February - 15.   

1995  On this day in history burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns   

1995  Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 on this day in history.   

1995  Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion on February - 15.   

1996  On this day in history prime Minister Jean Chrétien scuffles with a protestor disrupting Flag Day ceremonies   

1997  On February - 15 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski   

1997  US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge on February - 15.   

1998  Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship on February - 15.   

1999  On this day in history fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people.   

2011  On this day in history libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule   

2012  United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4% on February - 15.   

2013  On February - 15 over 1,200 people are injured after a meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia   

2014  Tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock on this day in history.   

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1368  On February - 15 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  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.   

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1043  On February - 15 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  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on February - 15.   

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  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)