Then-Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien applies a chokehold to protester Bill Clennett, an incident later named the Shawinigan Handshake. Date: February 15, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3B rocket carrying Intelsat 708 veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people. Date: February 15, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in…
The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature. Date: February 15, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
The last Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre, carrying Intelsat 907. Date: February 15, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between eight million and 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history. Date: February 15, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅…
Two trains collide in the Halle train collision in Halle, Belgium, killing 19 and injuring 171 people. Date: February 15, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three hundred and sixty people die in a fire at a Honduran prison in the city of Comayagua. Date: February 15, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: February 15, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on…
Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the Congo River near the village of Longola Ekoti, Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: February 15, 2021 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 2021 📅 On This Day (Today)
The British Army begins the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. Date: February 14, 1900 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1900 📅 On This Day (Today)