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Birthday February 15, 1483 Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30) |
Birthday February 15, 1497 Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant reformer |
Birthday February 15, 1519 Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explored Florida & founded St. Augustine |
Birthday February 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei, astronomer in Pisa -- Italy |
Birthday February 15, 1710 Louis XV, king of France (1710-74) |
Birthday February 15, 1726 Abraham Clark, farmer/lawyer & signer of Declaration of Independence |
Birthday February 15, 1748 Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarian philosopher & economist |
Birthday February 15, 1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker |
Birthday February 15, 1803 John Augustus Sutter, of gold rush fame |
Birthday February 15, 1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor |
Birthday February 15, 1820 Susan B Anthony, Woman's suffragette |
Birthday February 15, 1835 Alexander Stewart Webb born |
Birthday February 15, 1845 Elihu Root ,(R), U.S. secretary of state (Nobel Peace Prize 1912) |
Birthday February 15, 1861 Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician & philosopher |
Birthday February 15, 1882 John Barrymore, Actor (or 0215) |
Birthday February 15, 1901 Christmas Humphreys, British lawyer & writer & Buddhist |
Birthday February 15, 1907 Cesar Romero, Actor (Ocean's 11) |
Birthday February 15, 1911 Leonard Woodcock, labor leader |
Birthday February 15, 1914 Kevin McCarthy, Actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers & Howling) |
Birthday February 15, 1927 Harvey Korman, Actor (Carol Burnett Show & Blazing Saddles) |
Birthday February 15, 1929 James Schlesinger, former U.S. secretary of defense |
Birthday February 15, 1931 Claire Bloom, Actress (Charly Look Back in Anger) in London England |
Birthday February 15, 1933 Susan Brownmiller |
Birthday February 15, 1934 Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer programmer & inventor of PASCAL |
Birthday February 15, 1943 Florinda Bolkan |
Birthday February 15, 1944 Alexander A. Serebrov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7 & T-8) |
Birthday February 15, 1947 Marisa Berenson, in New York |
Birthday February 15, 1951 Jane Seymour, in Middlesex England -- Actress (East of Eden & Lassiter) |
Birthday February 15, 1951 Melissa Manchester, singer in Bronx NY |
History February 15, 1583 Lupercalia |
History February 15, 1764 St. Louis founded |
History February 15, 1776 Nova Scotia governor sends word of potential American invasion |
History February 15, 1812 Wilson Hunt arrives at Astoria, Oregon |
History February 15, 1845 William Parsons - the Earl of Rosse - 1st uses 72-inch reflector |
History February 15, 1861 Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) |
History February 15, 1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down |
History February 15, 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor - cause unknown |
History February 15, 1903 First Teddy bear goes on sale |
History February 15, 1915 Mutiny breaks out among Indian soldiers in Singapore |
History February 15, 1917 SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated |
History February 15, 1933 The death penalty–then and now |
History February 15, 1933 FDR escapes assassination in Miami |
History February 15, 1933 Pres-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt |
History February 15, 1942 Singapore falls to Japan |
History February 15, 1942 Japan celebrates major victory in the Pacific |
History February 15, 1950 USSR and PRC sign mutual defense treaty |
History February 15, 1950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released |
History February 15, 1950 Disney’s Cinderella opens |
History February 15, 1954 1st bevatron in operation - Berkeley - California |
History February 15, 1955 Production announced-1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds |
History February 15, 1961 U.S. figure skating team killed in plane crash |
History February 15, 1965 Canada adopts maple leaf flag |
History February 15, 1966 DeGaulle offers to help end Vietnam War |
History February 15, 1970 Chicago Eight defense attorneys sentenced |
History February 15, 1972 Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager |
History February 15, 1980 Lillian Hellman sues Mary McCarthy |
History February 15, 1984 Broadway legend Ethel Merman dies |
History February 15, 1996 Oil tanker runs aground near Wales |
History February 15, 1998 Dale Earnhardt wins first Daytona 500 |
History February 15, 1998 Victory at last for Earnhardt at Daytona |