Page 10: Historical Events In February - 15

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

1981  Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1982  Eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm on February - 15.   

1982  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 on this day in history.   

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  World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 on February - 15.   

1986  On February - 15 ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election   

1987  On this day in history aBC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series   

1987  Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot on February - 15.   

1987  On February - 15 nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater   

1988  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1989  On February - 15 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 this day in history baseball owners lock out players   

1990  On February - 15 u.S. President George Bush meets with Bolivian, Colombian, and Peruvian leaders at an anti-drug summit in Colombia.   

1991  Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die on February - 15.   

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

1992  On this day in history jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys   

1993  Bombings by Mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogotá Colombia on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 15 uS asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti   

1995  Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns on this day in history.   

1995  Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 on February - 15.   

1995  Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion on this day in history.   

1996  Prime Minister Jean Chrétien scuffles with a protestor disrupting Flag Day ceremonies on February - 15.   

1997  US female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge   

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

1999  On February - 15 fire blazes through a nightclub in Taichung, Taiwan, killing 64 people.   

2011  On February - 15 libyan protests begin opposing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's rule   

2012  United Kingdom unemployment rate reaches 17 year high of 8.4% on this day in history.   

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

2014  On February - 15 tammam Salam is elected Prime Minister of Lebanon after a 10 month gridlock   

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1368  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on this day in history.   

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

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

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

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

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