486 Historic Events for February 15
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| 1870 |
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Ground broken for Northern Pacific Railway near Duluth, Minn
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Emilis Melngailis, composer
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)
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| 1876 |
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Historic Elm at Boston blown down
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| 1879 |
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Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
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| 1882 |
Birth |
John Barrymore, [Blythe], Phila, actor (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
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| 1882 |
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SS Dunedin leaves NZ with 1st frozen meat to England
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| 1882 |
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1st cargo of frozen meat leaves NZ for Britain, on SS Dunedin
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| 1885 |
Death |
Leopold Damrosch, composer, dies at 52
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| 1885 |
Birth |
Richard Wurz, composer
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Sax Rohmer, England, author (Dr Fu Manchu)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist
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| 1887 |
Death |
Alexander Borodin, composer, dies
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Robert Ley, German chemist/MP (NSDAP)
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| 1891 |
Death |
William Sherman, Union General in Civil War, dies
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| 1892 |
Birth |
James Forrestal, US, banker/minister of Navy
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Harm H Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/etcher/ceramist
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| 1893 |
Birth |
Walter Donaldson, US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee)
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)
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| 1895 |
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23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans
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| 1896 |
Birth |
Arthur Shields, Dublin Ireland, actor (River, Enchanted Island)
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| 1896 |
Death |
E J Nicholson, writer, dies
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Ibuse Masuji, Japanese writer (Y“hai Taich“, Kuroi Ame)
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| 1898 |
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USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown-258 sailors die
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