On This Day in History

February 15

Historical Events

399 BC Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety.

1763 Austria, Prussia and Saxony sign the Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years' War.

Last Soviet troops withdraw from their war in Afghanistan

1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends as the last Soviet troops cross the Soviet-Afghan border.

2001 First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal "Nature".

2003 An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq.

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Famous Birthdays

Galileo Galilei 1564 - 1642 Susan B. Anthony 1820 - 1906

Ernest Shackleton 1874 - 1922 Matt Groening 70th Birthday

Also Cyrus McCormick, John Barrymore, Graham Hill and Seattle Slew.

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Famous Deaths

H. H. Asquith 1852 - 1928 Ethel Merman 1908 - 1984

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Nat King Cole's Struggle With Racism

Sure, he had unique talent and a golden voice, but as Nat King Cole, who died on this day, was to discover, that wasn't enough for American racists.

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole