Page 5: Historical Events In February - 15

1882  On February - 15 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin   

1882  On February - 15 john Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde)   

1885  On February - 15 richard Wurz, composer   

1885  Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1886  Sax Rohmer, England, author (Dr Fu Manchu) on this day in history.   

1887  H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist on February - 15.   

1887  On February - 15 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

1890  Robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP) on February - 15.   

1891  On February - 15 aIK is founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in Stockholm by Isidor Behrens.   

1892  James Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy on February - 15.   

1893  Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist on February - 15.   

1894  Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on this day in history.   

1895  23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 15 arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)   

1896  E J Nicholson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)   

1898  On this day in history uSS Maine blows up in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die   

1898  USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die on this day in history.   

1898  On February - 15 toto, (Antonio de Curtis), Naples Italy, actor (Motorizzate, Noi Duri)   

1899  On February - 15 gale Sondergard, Litchfield Mn, actress (Cat & Canary, Road to Rio)   

1900  On February - 15 general French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes   

1901  On this day in history andre Parrot, French archaeologist/theologist (Assur)   

1902  On February - 15 underground railway (U-Bahn)   

1902  On February - 15 wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68   

1903  On February - 15 first Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom   

1903  On February - 15 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom   

1903  Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress, dies at 69 on February - 15.   

1904  Antonin Magne, French bicyclist (Tour de France 1931, 34) on February - 15.   

1905  1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) on February - 15.   

1905  On February - 15 harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US, composer (Over the Rainbow)   

1905  On February - 15 lewis Wallace, US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur), dies at 77   

1906  British Labour Party organizes on February - 15.   

1906  On this day in history stephen Brown, CEO (Stone-Platt Industries)   

1907  On this day in history cesar Romero, NYC, actor (Joker-Batman, Ocean's 11, Thin Man)   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 15.   

1145  On this day in history lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

1503  On this day in history henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies   

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

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

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

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.