15 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, February 15 is the day number 46 in a given year. February 15 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
February 15 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1564 | Italian physicist Galileo Galilei was born. |
| 1764 | The city of St. Louis was founded in America. |
| 1764 | The American city of St. Louis was established. |
| 1782 | A maritime war ensued between Britain and France. |
| 1804 | New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery. |
| 1805 | The Harmony Society was officially formed as a Christian community in Harmony, Pennsylvania. |
| 1869 | The famous Urdu poet and writer Mirza Ghalib Asad Ullah Beg Khan, born in Agra, passed away. |
| 1898 | The United States Navy battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba, killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish–American War. |
| 1900 | Second Boer War: British cavalry under Major-General John French defeated Boer forces to end a 124-day siege of Kimberley, present-day South Africa. |
| 1903 | For the first time today, Morris Mikhtom introduced two soft toys made by himself in his shop. Those named Teddy Bear. |
| 1903 | Morris and Rose Mitchum introduced the first teddy bear in the United States. |
| 1906 | The British Labor Party was established. |
| 1926 | Contract air mail service launched in the US. |
| 1926 | Orpheum Theater opened in Los Angeles |
| 1936 | Russian physician and biologist Petrovich Pavloff died at the age of 87. |
| 1945 | Germany started Operation Sankranti on the Eastern Front. |
| 1949 | Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux began excavationsat Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves in the West Bank region of Jordan, thelocation of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. |
| 1954 | The Canadian and American governments agreed to jointly buildthe Distant Early Warning Line, a line of radar stations running acrossthe high Arctic. |
| 1957 | Andrei Gromyko became the foreign minister of the Soviet Union. |
| 1961 | The Boeing 707 aircraft crashed in Belgium killing 73 people. |
| 1965 | Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag, replacing the Canadian RedEnsign. |
| 1965 | The maple shaded tree) foliage ranked in Canada's official flag. |
| 1976 | The current Constitution of Cuba, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum. |
| 1976 | Central Agricultural Research Institute was established in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1979 | Don Dunstan resigned as Premier of South Australia, ending adecade of sweeping social liberalisation. |
| 1989 | The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troopshad withdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict. |
| 1991 | Troy State Seta NCAA Div II recorded with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute in about 187-117 points. |
| 1992 | Jeffery Dahmer found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys. |
| 1995 | Population of People’s Republic in China hits 1.2 billion. |
| 1995 | Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted computer hacker in the United States at the time, was arrested and charged with computer fraud and wire fraud. |
| 1996 | A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satelliteIntelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknownnumber of inhabitants. |
| 1997 | Todd Eldridge won the US Male Figure Skating Championship. |
| 1998 | Dale Eggeling, a well known golf player won Los Angeles Women’s Golf Championship. |
| 1999 | Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founding members of the militantorganization the Kurdistan Workers' Party, was arrested by Turkishsecurity forces in Nairobi, Kenya. |
| 2000 | Famous filmmaker director BR Chopra was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. |
| 2003 | In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millionsaround the world in approximately 800 cities took part in protestsagainst the impending invasion of Iraq. |
| 2005 | Three former PayPal employees launched the popular website YouTube, where individuals and companies can upload, view and share videos. |
| 2008 | Astronomers discovered another solar system similar to the solar system. |
| 2010 | Alexander Boolean who was the Men’s freestyle Skiing moguls competitor won the first gold medal in Canada and also won on the home soil at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. |
| 2011 | In Malaysia, more than 80 million were arrested for celebrating Valentines’ Day by the Islamic Morality police. |
| 2011 | Protests in Libya opposed the rule of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi. |
| 2012 | A painting of Frenchs Bacon sold at Christies for 21.3 million pounds and the portrait of Henrietta Morales which is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art which was sold at the auction house. |
| 2012 | A massive fire killed 358 people in the Comayagua prison in the Central American country of Honduras. |
| 2013 | A previously-undetected meteor exploded in mid-air overChelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with the resulting shock wave injuring morethan 1,500 people. |
| 2014 | The Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Taman Salam declares that he has been able to form a new Cabinet by breaking the 10 month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties he also intended to hold presidential elections on time. |
Famous Birthdays of February 15:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1941 | Florinda Bolkan / Actress / Brazil |
| 1959 | Martin Rowson / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1849 | Rickman Godlee / Surgeon / United Kingdom |
| 1841 | Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales / Politician / Brazil |
| 1834 | V. A. Urechia / Author / Romania |
| 1985 | Serkan Kırıntılı / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1981 | Matt Hoopes / Writer / United States of America |
| 1916 | Mary Jane Croft / Actress / United States of America |
| 1949 | Ken Anderson / Football Coach / United States of America |
| 1979 | James Marshall / Cricketer / New Zealand |
| 1947 | John Adams / Composer / United States of America |
| 1981 | Vivek Shraya / Singer / Canada |
| 1941 | Brian Holland / Writer / United States of America |
| 1975 | Brendon Small / Actor / United States of America |
| 1965 | Craig Matthews / Cricketer / South Africa |
| 1960 | Jock Hobbs / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1956 | Desmond Haynes / Cricketer / Barbados |
| 1964 | Leland D. Melvin / Engineer / United States of America |
| 1955 | Christopher McDonald / Actor / United States of America |
| 1847 | Robert Fuchs / Educator / Austria |
| 1973 | Amy van Dyken / Swimmer / United States of America |
| 1840 | Titu Maiorescu / Academic / Romania |
| 1856 | Emil Kraepelin / Academic / Germany |
| 1959 | Adam Boulton / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1991 | Ángel Sepúlveda / Footballer / Mexico |
| 1958 | Matthew Ward / Writer / United States of America |
| 1861 | Charles Édouard Guillaume / Academic / France |
| 1907 | Jean Langlais / Composer / France |
| 1809 | Cyrus McCormick / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1918 | Allan Arbus / Actor / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 15 फरवरी की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं