^B{^#!16!15 February^N! Feast day of St Tanco or Tatto, St Agape of Terni, St Walfrid or Galfrid, and St Sigfrid of VΣxj÷.
^B{1882^B} The first shipment of frozen meat left New Zealand for England. ^B{1898^B} The USS ^I{Maine^I}, sent to Cuba on a goodwill tour, was struck by a mine and sank in Havana harbor, with the loss of 260 lives. ^B{1922^B} The first session of the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague was held. ^B{1942^B} Singapore surrendered to Japanese forces. ^B{1971^B} Britain adopted the decimal currency system. ^B{1974^B} The battle for the strategic Golan Heights between Israeli and Syrian forces began. ^B{1978^B} Mohammad Ali lost his world heavyweight boxing title to Leon Spinks in Las Vegas. ^B{1981^B} For the first time, English Football League matches were played on a Sunday.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Pedro Menendez de AvilΘs, Spanish navigator, ^B{1519^B}; Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, ^B{1564^B}; Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher and writer, ^B{1748^B}; Graham Hill, British racing driver, ^B{1929^B}; Claire Bloom, English actress, ^B{1931^B}; Jane Seymour, English actress, ^B{1951^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author, ^B{1781^B}; Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Russian composer, ^B{1857^B}; Herbert Henry Asquith, British statesman, ^B{1928^B}; Nat King Cole, US singer and musician, ^B{1965^B}; Ethel Merman, US singer and actress, ^B{1984^B}.
