Thursday, February 15, 2018

History for February 15

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History for February 15 - On-This-Day.com:
Galileo Galilei 1564 - Astronomer, Cyrus McCormick (Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr.) 1809 - Inventor, Susan B. Anthony 1820 - American suffragist
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 John Barrymore 1882 - Birth certificate shows February 14th, family bible shows February 15th, Graham Hill 1929, Matt Groenig 1954 - Cartoonist ("The Simpsons")
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 1758 - Mustard was advertised for the first time in America.
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 1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed.
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 1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.
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 1932 - George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on "The Guy Lombardo Show" on CBS radio.
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 1933 - U.S. President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack.
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 1953 - The first American to win the women’s world figure skating championship was 17-year-old Tenley Albright.
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 1989 - After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan.
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