On this day: February 15th

On this day: February 15th

There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: February 15th

On this day: February 15th

Events On this day: February 15th

• 1898: The Spanish-American War begins.
• 1903: The first Teddy Bear is made.
• 1950: The movie Cinderella is released by Walt Disney.
• 1965: Canada adopts its current national flag showing a maple leaf. The leaf symbolizes the country’s forests, the middle white stripe the arctic snow, and the red stripes the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• 1971: The United Kingdom and Ireland decimalize their currencies. Before the change, a pound sterling was made up of 240 pence, or 20 shillings.
• 1989: Soviet Russia completed its military withdrawal from Afghanistan after nine years of unsuccessful involvement in the civil war between Muslim rebel groups and the Russian-backed Afghan government. Over 15,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the fighting.
• 1998: Dale Earnhardt wins the Daytona 500.
• 2001: The first draft of the human genome is published. The human genome contains the complete human genetic information.
• 2003: The largest peace demonstration in history takes place. Up to 30 million people in 600 cities around the world protested against the Iraq War.

Birthdays on this day: February 15th

• 1564:  Galileo (Scientest)
• 1710: Louis XV of France
• 1809: Inventor Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884) was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He invented the horse-drawn mechanical reaper, a machine that freed farmers from hard labor and contributed to the development and cultivation of vast areas of the American Great Plains.
• 1820: Susan B. Anthony (Suffragist)
• 1874: Ernest Shackleton (Irish explorer)
• 1934: Graham Kennedy (Australian actor)
• 1951: Jane Seymour (Actress)
• 1954: Matt Groening (American animator, screenwriter, producer)
• 1964: Chris Farley (Actor)
• 1976 Brandon Boyd (Singer)

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