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
- 1804 –The Serbian revolution begins.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing more than 260. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
- 1944 –World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
- 1952 –King George VI is buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
- 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.
- 1961 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- 1961 –Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members.
- 1976 –The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
- 1979 –Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.
- 2001 –First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
Who were born on February 15?
- 1847 –Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer (d. 1927)
- 1874 –Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish Antarctic explorer (d. 1922)
- 1939 –Robert Hansen, American serial killer
- 1945 –John Helliwell, British musician (Supertramp)
- 1947 –Marisa Berenson, American actress
- 1948 –Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
- 1973 –Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- 1978 –Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy)
- 1980 –Josh Sole, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
- 1987 –Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby league player
Who died on February 15?
- 1835 –Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
- 1932 –Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
- 1961 –Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
- 1970 –Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882)
- 1971 –Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1973 –Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1981 –Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
- 1998 –Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- 1999 –Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926)
- 2007 –Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
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