486 Historic Events for February 15
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| 1910 |
Birth |
9th earl of Jersey, English large landowner/art collector
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| 1911 |
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Leonard Woodcock, labor leader (UAW)
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| 1912 |
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Fram reaches latitude 78ΓΈ 41' S, farthest south ever by ship
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| 1912 |
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George Mikes, Hungary, British writer (How to Be an Alien)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Willy Vandersteen, Belgian cartoonist (Suske and Wiske)
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| 1913 |
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1st avant-garde art show in America opens in NYC
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| 1914 |
Birth |
R W Woods, bishop (Worcester)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Kevin McCarthy, Seattle, actor (Invasion of Body Snatchers, Howling)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Arthur Sydney Martin, spy catcher
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Paul Ferris, British author
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| 1916 |
Death |
Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer, dies at 73
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Ian Ballantine, publisher (Ballantine Books)
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| 1916 |
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NY Yankees buy Frank "Home Run" Baker from the Athletics for $37,500
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| 1917 |
Death |
Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60
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| 1917 |
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SF Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
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| 1918 |
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1st WW I US army troop ship torpedoed and sunk by Germany, off Ireland
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Alan Arbus, NYC, actor (Dr Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H)
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| 1918 |
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Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania adopt Gregorian calendar
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| 1919 |
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American Legion organizes in Paris
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| 1919 |
Death |
Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Richard O'Brien, CEO (Manpower Services Commission)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Devil Sails to US, Niggers)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Ingmar Milveden, composer
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| 1921 |
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Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec
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| 1921 |
Death |
Hans Haym, composer, dies at 60
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