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The following events took place on February 15. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 49 events. Showing 31 - 49.

• 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

  Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team along with several of their coaches and family members.
• 1965

  A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
• 1971

  The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• 1972

  Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
• 1972

  José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
• 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.
• 1982

  The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
• 1989

  Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
• 1991

  The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
• 1992

  Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison.
• 1996

  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.
• 1999

  Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), is arrested in Kenya.
• 2000

  Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
• 2001

  The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
• 2003

  Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
• 2013

  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.
• 2014

  Renaud Lavillenie of France breaks Sergey Bubka’s world record in pole vault with a mark of 6.16 m.

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