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Old 02-15-2007, 06:03 AM
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February 15th
1564 ~ Birthday of Galileo Galilei, Astronomer & Physicist.

1820 ~ Birthday of Susan B. Anthony, Activist & Suffragist.

1874 ~ Birthday of Sir Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer.

1898 ~ The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260.

1942 ~ The British colony of Singapore surrendered to the Japanese during World War II. The fall of Singapore was the largest surrender of British military personnel in history.

1965 ~ Death of Nat “King” Cole, Singer.

1965 ~ A new red and white maple leaf design was adopted as the flag of Canada replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.

1988 ~ Death of Richard Feynman, Physicist.

1995 ~ Kevin Mitnick was arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the more "secure" U.S. computer systems.

1989 ~ The Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan after more than nine years of military intervention.
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