Here are some notable events that happened on February 15th throughout history:
- 399 BC - Philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth and impiety.
- 1493 - Christopher Columbus wrote a letter announcing his discovery of the New World.
- 1564 - Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer, was born in Pisa.
- 1764 - The city of St. Louis was established as a French trading post by Pierre Laclède and his stepson Auguste Chouteau.
- 1898 - The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor, Cuba, leading the United States to declare war on Spain, beginning the Spanish-American War.
- 1923 - The burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was opened by archaeologist Howard Carter.
- 1933 - Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate U.S. President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida, but missed, killing Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead.
- 1942 - Singapore fell to Japanese forces during World War II.
- 1961 - Sabena Flight 548 crashed in Belgium, killing all 72 people on board, including the entire U.S. figure skating team.
- 1971 - The United Kingdom and Ireland switched to decimal currency.
- 1989 - Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had left Afghanistan.
- 2003 - Protests against the Iraq war occurred in over 600 cities worldwide, including millions of people in Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, London, and New York City.
- 2005 - YouTube was launched by a group of college students and former PayPal employees, led by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
- 2013 - A meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring approximately 1,500 people and causing extensive damage.
- 2016 - The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran had completed necessary steps under the nuclear deal, leading to the lifting of economic sanctions by the EU, UN, and U.S.
Source: Some or all of the content was generated using an AI language model
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