WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. FEBRUARY
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First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. (15. February 2001)

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. (15. February 2003)

A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before the expected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14. (15. February 2013)

Renaud Lavillenie of France breaks Sergey Bubka's world record in pole vault with a mark of 6.16 m. (15. February 2014)

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