WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. FEBRUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 15. February

World War II: The Narva Offensive begins. (15. February 1944)

World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden. (15. February 1945)

ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. (15. February 1946)

Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. (15. February 1949)

King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. (15. February 1952)

Parliamentary elections held in Liechtenstein. (15. February 1953)

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. (15. February 1954)

Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members. (15. February 1961)

A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner. (15. February 1965)

The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. (15. February 1971)

Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. (15. February 1972)

José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time. (15. February 1972)

The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum. (15. February 1976)

Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation. (15. February 1979)

The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers. (15. February 1982)

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. (15. February 1989)

The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. (15. February 1991)

At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people. (15. February 1996)

Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is arrested in Kenya. (15. February 1999)

Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails. (15. February 2000)