February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 319 days remain until the end of the year (320 in leap years). Events. Pre-1600. 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus [1] 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. [2]

We have 23 holidays listed for February 15. February 15th is the forty-sixth day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day two trains collided in Haille, Belgium, killing 19 people and injuring 171; the first draft mapping the complete genome was published in Nature magazine, and Greece became the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.

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On this day in 1898, an explosion in Havana harbour sank the battleship USS Maine, killing 260 American seamen and precipitating the Spanish-American War, which originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain.

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Feb 15, 2013 · Afghans defeat the Soviet Union, the human genome race, a massive protest against the Iraq war and other important events, birthdays and deaths from February 15.

On February 15, Galileo, Susan B. Anthony, Jaromir Jagr were born and Nat King Cole, Richard Feynman, Ethel Merman died.

Today in history – which major historical events happened on February 15? Who was born on this date, who died? In which year did the birth or death occur?

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