February 15
1764 - The city of St. Louis was founded as a French fur-trading post.
1879 - President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1898 - The USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, sparking the Spanish-American War.
1913 - The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to artists Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
1933 - Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, allegedly offering the final words engraved at the site of the shooting "I'm glad it was me instead of you."
1950 - Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston.
1965 - The Maple Leaf Flag became the new national flag of Canada.
1965 - Singer Nat King Cole, who despite facing extreme racism throughout his short career sold more than 50 million records that included massive hits such as "Mona Lisa" and "Route 66," died in Santa Monica, California. He was 45.
1989 - More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan, almost 10 years after the Soviet Union had invaded the country.
1992 - A Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boys. (The decision meant that Dahmer, who had already pleaded guilty to the murders, would receive a mandatory life sentence for each count; Dahmer was beaten to death in prison in 1994.)
2003 - Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the prospect of a U.S. attack on Iraq.
2005 - Defrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges.
2012 - A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.
2013 - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across Russia's western Siberian sky and exploded, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows.
2022 - The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
2023 - Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film "One Million Years B.C." would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, died at age 82.
Birthdays
23 - Haley Tju (actress)
26 - Zachary Gordon (actor)
29 - Megan Thee Stallion (rapper)
34 - Callum Turner (actor)
50 - Miranda July (actress)
51 - Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (swimmer)
51 - Sarah Wynter (actress)
53 - Renee O'Connor (actress)
53 - Alex Borstein (actress)
56 - Gloria Trevi (singer)
57 - Michael Easton (actor)
61 - Steven Michael Quezada (actor/comedian)
64 - Darrell Green (football player)
69 - Christopher McDonald (actor)
69 - Janice Dickinson (model)
70 - Matt Groening ("Simpsons" creator)
71 - Lynn Whitfield (actress)
73 - Melissa Manchester (singer)
73 - Jane Seymour (actress)
77 - Marisa Berenson (actress/model)
93 - Claire Bloom (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 15
1946 - Edith Houghton, at age 33, was signed as a baseball scout by the Philadelphia Phillies becoming the first female scout in the major leagues.
1961 - Seventy-three people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium.
1962 - CBS-TV bought the exclusive rights to college football games from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for a figure of $10,200,000.
1965 - NFL teams pledged not to sign college seniors until they had completed all of their games, including bowl games.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) tied an NHL record with seven assists in a game against the Washington Capitals. Gretzky also set a rookie record of 96 points.
1991 - Troy State sets an NCAA Division II record by scoring 103 points in the second half of a men's basketball game in a 187-117 win over DeVry.
1996 - The NCAA football rules committee voted to require a tiebreaker in all NCAA football games (overtime).
1998 - Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the Daytona 500 for the first time in his career, on his 20th attempt.
2002 - Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins exactly 6 years to the day after his father Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his first and only Daytona 500 in 1998.
2018 - Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets records the fastest triple double in NBA history, securing 30 points, 17 assists and 15 rebounds in just 14 minutes and 33 seconds.
1764 - The city of St. Louis was founded as a French fur-trading post.
1879 - President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1898 - The USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, sparking the Spanish-American War.
1913 - The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to artists Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.
1933 - Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, allegedly offering the final words engraved at the site of the shooting "I'm glad it was me instead of you."
1950 - Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston.
1965 - The Maple Leaf Flag became the new national flag of Canada.
1965 - Singer Nat King Cole, who despite facing extreme racism throughout his short career sold more than 50 million records that included massive hits such as "Mona Lisa" and "Route 66," died in Santa Monica, California. He was 45.
1989 - More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan, almost 10 years after the Soviet Union had invaded the country.
1992 - A Milwaukee jury found that Jeffrey Dahmer was sane when he killed and mutilated 15 men and boys. (The decision meant that Dahmer, who had already pleaded guilty to the murders, would receive a mandatory life sentence for each count; Dahmer was beaten to death in prison in 1994.)
2003 - Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the prospect of a U.S. attack on Iraq.
2005 - Defrocked priest Paul Shanley was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in prison on child rape charges.
2012 - A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.
2013 - With a blinding flash and a booming shock wave, a meteor blazed across Russia's western Siberian sky and exploded, injuring more than 1,000 people as it blasted out windows.
2022 - The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
2023 - Raquel Welch, whose emergence from the sea in a skimpy, furry bikini in the film "One Million Years B.C." would propel her to international sex symbol status throughout the 1960s and '70s, died at age 82.
Birthdays
23 - Haley Tju (actress)
26 - Zachary Gordon (actor)
29 - Megan Thee Stallion (rapper)
34 - Callum Turner (actor)
50 - Miranda July (actress)
51 - Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (swimmer)
51 - Sarah Wynter (actress)
53 - Renee O'Connor (actress)
53 - Alex Borstein (actress)
56 - Gloria Trevi (singer)
57 - Michael Easton (actor)
61 - Steven Michael Quezada (actor/comedian)
64 - Darrell Green (football player)
69 - Christopher McDonald (actor)
69 - Janice Dickinson (model)
70 - Matt Groening ("Simpsons" creator)
71 - Lynn Whitfield (actress)
73 - Melissa Manchester (singer)
73 - Jane Seymour (actress)
77 - Marisa Berenson (actress/model)
93 - Claire Bloom (actress)
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Today in Sports History - February 15
1946 - Edith Houghton, at age 33, was signed as a baseball scout by the Philadelphia Phillies becoming the first female scout in the major leagues.
1961 - Seventy-three people, including an 18-member U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium.
1962 - CBS-TV bought the exclusive rights to college football games from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for a figure of $10,200,000.
1965 - NFL teams pledged not to sign college seniors until they had completed all of their games, including bowl games.
1980 - Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers) tied an NHL record with seven assists in a game against the Washington Capitals. Gretzky also set a rookie record of 96 points.
1991 - Troy State sets an NCAA Division II record by scoring 103 points in the second half of a men's basketball game in a 187-117 win over DeVry.
1996 - The NCAA football rules committee voted to require a tiebreaker in all NCAA football games (overtime).
1998 - Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the Daytona 500 for the first time in his career, on his 20th attempt.
2002 - Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.
2004 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins exactly 6 years to the day after his father Dale Earnhardt Sr. won his first and only Daytona 500 in 1998.
2018 - Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets records the fastest triple double in NBA history, securing 30 points, 17 assists and 15 rebounds in just 14 minutes and 33 seconds.