February 15

February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 319 days remaining (320 in leap years).

Events:

• 1965 - Maple leaf adopted as Canadian flag
• 1971 - Decimalisation of British Currency completed.

Births:

• 1564 - Galileo, father of modern Astronomy (+ [[1642])
• 1710 - Louis XV, king of France (+ 1774)
• 1759 - Friedrich August Wolf, philologist and archaeologist (+ 1824)
• 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, feminist and suffragist
• 1882 - John Barrymore, actor
• 1908 - HAP Grieshaber, painter and graphic artist (+ 1981)
• 1922 - John Bayard Anderson, U.S Representative and presidential candidate
• 1926 - Dieter Lattmann, writer and politician
• 1943 - Elke Heidenreich, journalist and writer
• 1954 - Matt Groening, cartoonist

Deaths:

• 1965 - Nat King Cole

Holidays and observances:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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