| 100 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 1925
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The 1925 serum run to Nome: The serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team. |
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| 75 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 1950
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birth
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Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov: Russia -- Cosmonaut
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15 Feb 1950
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KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1950
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WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1950
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birth
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Tsui Hark, Vietnamese-Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter |
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15 Feb 1950
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birth
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David Brown, American bass player and songwriter (Santana) (d. 2000) |
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15 Feb 1950
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birth
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Donna Hanover Giuliani TV news anchor (WPIX)/wife of Mayor Giuliani
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15 Feb 1950
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birth
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Nikolai Sergeivich Grekov Russia, cosmonaut
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15 Feb 1950
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Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
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15 Feb 1950
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KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1950
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WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba" premieres in New York NY
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15 Feb 1950
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WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| 50 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 1975
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death
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Julian Huxley: Biologist
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15 Feb 1975
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birth
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Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter |
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15 Feb 1975
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birth
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Brendon Small, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and actor |
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15 Feb 1975
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birth
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Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
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15 Feb 1975
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music
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Linda Ronstadt went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You're No Good', the singers only solo chart topper out of 12 other top 40 hits. Also today Ronstadt went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Heart Like A Wheel.'
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15 Feb 1975
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birth
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Robert Fuchs soccer player (PSV)
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15 Feb 1975
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death
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Julian Huxley biologist, dies
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15 Feb 1975
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death
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Pelham G Wodehouse writer, dies
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| 25 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 2000
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event
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Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails. |
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15 Feb 2000
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death
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Angus MacLean, Canadian commander and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914) |
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15 Feb 2000
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music
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Sting pulled-out of a concert in Vienna in protest at the inclusion of Jorg Haider's far right freedom party in Austria's new government. Lou Reed had also cancelled shows in the country.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 2005
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death
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Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944) |
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| 10 years anniversary |
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15 Feb 2015
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death
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Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1979) |
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15 Feb 2015
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music
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Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' reached the one million sales mark, 10 weeks after it was first released becoming the 158th track to reach the million mark in British charts history. The song, from the soundtrack to the Fifty Shades Of Grey film also became the most-streamed track ever in the UK.
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