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Historical Events
on February 15th
- Lead Story
- The Maine explodes,1898
- American Revolution
- Nova Scotia governor sends word of potential American invasion,1776
- Automotive
- Victory at last for Earnhardt at Daytona,1998
- Civil War
- Alexander Stewart Webb born,1835
- Cold War
- USSR and PRC sign mutual defense treaty,1950
- Crime
- The death penalty--then and now,1933
- Disaster
- Oil tanker runs aground near Wales,1996
- General Interest
- Japan celebrates major victory in the Pacific,1942
- Canada adopts maple leaf flag,1965
- Hollywood
- Disney’s Cinderella opens,1950
- Literary
- Lillian Hellman sues Mary McCarthy,1980
- Music
- Broadway legend Ethel Merman dies,1984
- Old West
- Wilson Hunt arrives at Astoria, Oregon,1812
- Presidential
- First Teddy bear goes on sale,1903
- FDR escapes assassination in Miami,1933
- Sports
- Dale Earnhardt wins first Daytona 500,1998
- Vietnam War
- DeGaulle offers to help end Vietnam War,1966
- Chicago Eight defense attorneys sentenced,1970
- World War I
- Mutiny breaks out among Indian soldiers in Singapore,1915
- World War II
- Singapore falls to Japan,1942
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