February 15th

"The Days, Events and History that shape my life for the past hundreds, and hundreds and hundreds of years"

Today is February 15th, the 46th day with 319 to follow. 

Quotes for the Day

"The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs; it will pity  you for what you lose, but never for what you lack." 
---- Anne Sophie Swetchine
(1782-1857) author

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
---- Oscar Wilde

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In 1564, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa.

In 1764, the city of St. Louis was established.                                                                                                                                                   In 1820, American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Mass.                                                                                                                                      In 1879, President Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.                                                                                                                                       In 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain.  
  
In 1933, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt narrowly escaped assassination in Miami when a fanatic fired several bullets at him, fatally wounding Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak instead.  
  
In 1942, the British bastion of Singapore surrendered to the Japanese army in World War II.  
  
In 1965, Canada,s new national flag featuring a maple leaf emblem was unfurled in Ottawa. 
   
In 1976, In one of the most celebrated finishes in NASCAR Cup history, David Pearson and Richard Petty crashed exiting Turn 4 on the last lap. Pearson kept his motor running and was able to limp across the finish line for his only Daytona 500 victory.                                                                                                                                              In 1980, Rookie Wayne Gretzky ties the NHL record with seven assists in a game and sets a scoring record for first year players.                                                                                                                                        In 1981, Richard Petty won his seventh Daytona 500 on strategy when he shunned new tires on a late pit stop.                                                                                                                                       In 1982, the oil-drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsized and sank in a storm off Newfoundland. All 84 people aboard were lost.  
  
In 1990, President Bush held a drug summit in Colombia with the presidents of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.  
Also in 1990, Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was indicted on eight counts of perjury and drug possession.  
  
In 1991, Iraq announced that it was ready to withdraw from Kuwait but added a number of conditions, including Israel's return of the occupied territories.    
Also in 1991, 100 people were killed when a tractor-trailer hauling dynamite overturned and exploded in Thailand.  
  
In 1994, Kentucky makes one of the greatest comebacks in college basketball history with a 99-95 victory over LSU after trailing by 31 points with 15:30 to play.                                                                                                                                       In 1997, Tara Lipinski, 14, defeated defending women's champion Michelle Kwan to become the youngest U.S. Figure Skating Champion.  
  
In 1999, Turkish agents captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan as he left the Greek embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.  
  
In 2002, discovery of a human skull in a wooded area near a crematory in northwest Georgia led investigators to remains of more than 300 bodies that were to have been cremated but instead were stacked in sheds and in the woods.  
  
In 2003, millions of people demonstrated against war in cities around the world, including New York, San Francisco, London, Paris and Berlin.  

In 2004,  two deadly fires in eastern China killed a reported 90 people

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