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February 15, 1998 Dale Eggeling wins Los Angeles Women's Golf Championship February 15, 1998 Daytona 500 race February 15, 1997 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski February 15, 1997 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge February 15, 1995 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko, resigns February 15, 1995 Dow-Jones closes at record 3986.17 February 15, 1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion February 15, 1994 U.S. asks Aristide to adopt a peace plan from Haiti February 15, 1993 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Rochester New York on WNVE 95.1 FM February 15, 1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox February 15, 1992 Jeffrey Dahmer found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys February 15, 1991 Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die February 15, 1991 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 February 15, 1990 Baseball owners lock out players February 15, 1989 Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt February 15, 1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends February 15, 1988 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 15, 1987 ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series February 15, 1987 Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92) February 15, 1987 Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater February 15, 1987 Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot February 15, 1986 44,180 largest NBA crowd to date - Philadelphia at Detroit February 15, 1986 Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election February 15, 1985 STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad February 15, 1985 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 February 15, 1984 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq February 15, 1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw February 15, 1982 Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die February 15, 1981 Joanne Carner wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic February 15, 1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York February 15, 1980 Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec February 15, 1980 Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals February 15, 1979 21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins February 15, 1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 mins February 15, 1979 Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show February 15, 1979 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 15, 1978 England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt) February 15, 1978 Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Florida February 15, 1978 Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title February 15, 1978 Zaire revises constitution February 15, 1977 Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election February 15, 1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria February 15, 1976 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic February 15, 1973 Friendsville Academy (Tenn) ends 138-game basketball losing streak February 15, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km) February 15, 1972 Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager February 15, 1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos February 15, 1972 President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time February 15, 1971 After 1,200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal February 15, 1970 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater February 15, 1970 Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational February 15, 1970 Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 February 15, 1970 KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting February 15, 1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo February 15, 1968 Anaheim's Les Salvage scores 10, 3-pt baskets in ABA game vs Denver February 15, 1968 WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting February 15, 1967 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted February 15, 1967 D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber February 15, 1967 Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23) February 15, 1966 Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all-round skater February 15, 1965 John Lennon passes his driving test February 15, 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks February 15, 1964 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton February 15, 1963 1st U.S. female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright) February 15, 1963 Ken Lynch records "Misery," 1st Lennon-McCartney song by someone else February 15, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 15, 1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever February 15, 1961 Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash February 15, 1959 Antonio Segni forms Italian government February 15, 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament February 15, 1958 Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB February 15, 1958 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Barbara Wagner/Rob Paul of CAN February 15, 1958 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA February 15, 1958 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA February 15, 1958 Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra February 15, 1957 Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister February 15, 1956 Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland February 15, 1956 Pirates and Kansas City A's cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham Alabama, because of local ordinance barring black from playing against white February 15, 1955 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced February 15, 1954 1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California February 15, 1954 WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting February 15, 1950 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting February 15, 1950 WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in New York City February 15, 1950 WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting February 15, 1950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released February 15, 1949 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad February 15, 1948 Mao Zedong's army occupies Yenan February 15, 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances February 15, 1946 Bank of England nationalized February 15, 1944 891 British bombers attack Berlin February 15, 1944 Bombing and shooting at Monte Cassino convent Italy, begins February 15, 1943 Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid February 15, 1942 German U-boat shells at Antillian oil refinery February 15, 1942 Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra February 15, 1942 Singapore surrenders to Japanese February 15, 1941 Duke Ellington 1st records "Take the A Train" February 15, 1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched February 15, 1939 Lillian Hellman's "Little Foxes," premieres in New York City February 15, 1936 -60 degrees F (-51 degrees C), Parshall, North Dakota (state record) February 15, 1936 Hitler announce building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game) February 15, 1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold February 15, 1933 Karl Radek praises invincible force of German Communist Party February 15, 1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt February 15, 1933 Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin February 15, 1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York February 15, 1932 Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 min playing time February 15, 1932 George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "Guy Lombardo Show" February 15, 1932 John Van Druten's "There's Always Juliet," premieres in New York City February 15, 1932 U.S. bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer and Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold) February 15, 1931 1st Dracula movie released February 15, 1931 Spring training site of New York Yankees in St. Petersburg is renamed Miller Huggins Field in honor of the team's late manager February 15, 1930 Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes February 15, 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre (Chicago) February 15, 1926 Brooks Atkinson Theater opens at 256 W 47th St. New York City February 15, 1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S. February 15, 1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex February 15, 1921 Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec February 15, 1919 American Legion organizes in Paris February 15, 1918 1st WW I U.S. Army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland February 15, 1918 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar February 15, 1917 SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated February 15, 1916 New York Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500 February 15, 1913 1st avant-garde art show in America opens in New York City February 15, 1912 Fram reaches latitude 78 degrees 41' S, farthest south ever by ship February 15, 1906 British Labour Party organizes February 15, 1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) February 15, 1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom February 15, 1902 Underground railway (U-Bahn) February 15, 1900 General French relieves Kimberley/Cecil Rhodes February 15, 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die February 15, 1895 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans February 15, 1882 1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin February 15, 1882 SS Dunedin leaves NZ with 1st frozen meat to England February 15, 1879 Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court February 15, 1876 Historic Elm at Boston blown down February 15, 1870 Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn February 15, 1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped February 15, 1864 Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans February 15, 1862 Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee February 15, 1861 Ft. Point completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) February 15, 1852 Great Ormond St. Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient February 15, 1851 Black abolitionists invade Boston courtroom rescueing a fugitive slave February 15, 1848 Sarah Roberts barred from white school in Boston February 15, 1845 William Parsons, Earl of Rosse, 1st uses 72" (183 cm) reflector February 15, 1842 1st adhesive postage stamps in U.S. (private delivery company), New York City February 15, 1804 New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery February 15, 1799 1st U.S. printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania February 15, 1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent February 15, 1775 Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI February 15, 1768 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia February 15, 1764 St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue February 15, 1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign Peace of Hubertusburg February 15, 1745 Colley Cibbers "Papal Tyranny," premieres in London February 15, 1689 German Parliament declares war on France February 15, 1686 Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide," premieres in Paris February 15, 1677 King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands February 15, 1637 Ferdinand III succeeds Ferdinand II as Holy Roman Emperor February 15, 1563 Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania February 15, 1552 Dutch coast hit by heavy storm February 15, 1539 Emperor Charles receives Cardinal Pole in Toledo February 15, 1386 Duke Philip the Stout forms Council of Flanders February 15, 1313 Peace of Angleur February 15, 1145 Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III February 15, 732 Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher disputes founder of Northern Ch'an line February 15, 399 Philosopher Socrates sentenced to death |