What are the important events that happened on February 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 15 is the 46th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 319 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 2, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,216 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘tetracontahexagon’ day.
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Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 367 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,439 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 15 Historical Events
- 590 –Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
- 1493 –While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
- 1804 –The Serbian revolution begins.
- 1862 –American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1906 –The British Labour Party is organised.
- 1944 –World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
- 1954 –Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
- 1976 –The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
- 1991 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Sheep in Chinese astrology.
- 2003 –Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
Who were born on February 15?
- 1458 –Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
- 1840 –Titu Maiorescu, Romanian Prime Minister (d. 1917)
- 1873 –Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964)
- 1896 –Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
- 1912 –George Mikes, Hungarian-born British author (d. 1987)
- 1931 –Claire Bloom, British actress
- 1946 –Esko Seppänen, Finnish politician
- 1967 –Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
- 1971 –Alex Borstein, American actress
- 1973 –Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
Who died on February 15?
- 1781 –Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
- 1835 –Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
- 1857 –Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1956 –Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney (b. 1878)
- 1971 –Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1974 –Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1996 –Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1998 –Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (b. 1919)
- 1998 –Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- 2007 –Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
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