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Interesting things that happened February 15th:

Birthdays on this date:
 In 1564 Galileo Galilei, astronomer
 In 1797 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker
 In 1803 John Augustus Sutter, owned the mill of California Gold Rush fame
 In 1809 Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor
 In 1820 Susan B. Anthony, Woman's suffaregette
 In 1882 John Barrymore (according to family bible), actor
 In 1927 Harvey Korman, actor
 In 1931 Claire Bloom (in London, England)
 In 1933 Susan Brownmiller
 In 1943 Florinda Bolkan
 In 1947 Marisa Berenson (in New York)
 In 1951 Jane Seymour (in Middlesex, England), actor
       + Melissa Manchester (in Bronx, NY), singer

Events worth noting:
       + Lupercalia -- Roman festival to ensure fertility for the people,
       + fields, and flocks
 In 1861 Fort Point completed and garrisoned; Alcatraz Is. becomes a military
         prison.
 In 1862 Grant's major assault on Ft. Donelson, Tennessee.
 In 1869 Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped.
 In 1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown.
 In 1903 First Teddy Bear introduced in America.  Made by Morris and Rose
         Michtom, Russian immigrants.
 In 1917 San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic Center)
         dedicated.
 In 1954 First bevatron in operation - Berkeley, California.
 In 1955 Production announced-first pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds.
 In 1988 Physicist Richard Feynman dies.

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of what you find here.  -- Gabe