About February 15
February 15, 2024 is the 46th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 320 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 349 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 15
- 590 –Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
- 1637 –Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1764 –The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
- 1862 –American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1906 –The British Labour Party is organised.
- 1933 –In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- 1949 –Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- 1954 –Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
- 1961 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1961 –Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members.
- 1965 –A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
- 1970 –A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
- 1971 –The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
- 1972 –José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
- 1972 –Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
- 1976 –The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
- 1989 –Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
- 1991 –The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 1999 –Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya.
- 2000 –Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
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