Editing February 15 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1909]] &ndash; The Flores Theater fire in [[Acapulco]], Mexico kills 250.
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Greece]] becomes the last European country to adopt the [[Gregorian calendar]].
*[[1925]] &ndash; The [[1925 serum run to Nome]]: The second delivery of serum arrives in [[Nome, Alaska]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Salisbury|first1=Gay|last2=Salisbury|first2=Laney|title=The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic|location=New York|publisher=W.W. Norton & Co.|date=2003|isbn=9780393325706|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsOWKVnhSiAC|page=236|access-date=2021-02-15|archive-date=2022-02-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215150647/https://books.google.com/books?id=JsOWKVnhSiAC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; In [[Miami]], [[Giuseppe Zangara]] attempts to assassinate US President-elect [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], but instead shoots [[Mayor of Chicago|Chicago mayor]] [[Anton J. Cermak]], who dies of his wounds on March 6.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Paul Creston]]'s [[Saxophone Sonata (Creston)|Saxophone Sonata]] was officially premiered at the [[Carnegie Chamber Hall]] by saxophonist [[Cecil Leeson]], who had commissioned it, and the composer.<ref>{{cite thesis|last=Morris|first=Willie |title=The Development of the Saxophone Compositions of Paul Creston |year=1996 |degree=DMA |institution=University of Missouri–Kansas City |oclc=35239809|pages=116–117}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Fall of Singapore]]. Following an assault by [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese forces, the British General [[Arthur Percival]] surrenders. About 80,000 [[British Indian Army|Indian]], United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become [[prisoners of war]], the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Monte Cassino|assault]] on [[Monte Cassino]], Italy begins.
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[Narva Offensive (15–28 February 1944)|Narva Offensive]] begins.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: Third day of [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|bombing in Dresden]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[ENIAC]], the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gerald Lankester Harding]] and [[Roland de Vaux]] begin excavations at Cave 1 of the [[Qumran Caves]], where they will eventually discover the first seven [[Dead Sea Scrolls]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; King [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom is buried in [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; Canada and the United States agree to construct the [[Distant Early Warning Line]], a system of [[radar]] stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Sabena Flight 548]] crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States [[figure skating]] team along with several of their coaches and family members.
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[maple leaf]] is adopted as the [[flag of Canada]], replacing the [[Canadian Red Ensign]] flag.
*[[1970]] &ndash; A [[Dominicana de Aviación]] [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9]] [[1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash|crashes]] into the [[Caribbean Sea]] after takeoff from [[Las Américas International Airport]], killing 102, including members of the [[Puerto Rico women's national volleyball team]] and lightweight boxer [[Carlos Cruz (boxer)|Carlos Cruz]].<ref name="TWS">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=1970-02-14 |title=Crash stills title hopes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODk_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5270,6468470&dq=roger+zami+carlos+cruz&hl=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226174500/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ODk_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5270,6468470&dq=roger+zami+carlos+cruz&hl=en |archive-date=2015-12-26 |access-date=2018-10-11 |work=The Windsor Star |agency=United Press International}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[decimalisation]] of the currencies of the [[Pound sterling|United Kingdom]] and [[Irish pound|Ireland]] is completed on [[Decimal Day]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wamsley |first1=Laurel |title=U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day' |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968146708/u-k-and-ireland-celebrate-50-years-since-decimal-day?t=1634728736856 |website=NPR |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en |date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020111949/https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968146708/u-k-and-ireland-celebrate-50-years-since-decimal-day?t=1634728736856 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Sound recording and reproduction|Sound recordings]] are granted U.S. federal [[copyright]] [[Phonogram Convention|protection]] [[Copyright law of the United States#Duration of copyright|for the first time]].
*  1972   &ndash; [[José María Velasco Ibarra]], serving as [[President of Ecuador]] for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[drilling rig]] ''[[Ocean Ranger]]'' sinks during a storm off the coast of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], killing 84 workers.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Soviet–Afghan War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] officially announces that all of its troops have [[Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan|left]] [[Afghanistan]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[Visegrád Group]], establishing cooperation to move toward [[free market economy|free-market systems]], is signed by the leaders of [[Czechoslovakia]], Hungary and Poland.
*[[1992]] &ndash; Serial killer [[Jeffrey Dahmer]] is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison.
*  1992   &ndash; [[Air Transport International Flight 805]] crashes in [[Swanton, Ohio]], near [[Toledo Express Airport]], killing all four people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920215-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F N794AL Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-21|archive-date=2019-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407030527/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19920215-1|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; At the [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center]] in China, a [[Long March 3B]] rocket, carrying an [[Intelsat 708]], veers off course and crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing somewhere between six and 100 people.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.house.gov/coxreport/body/ch6bod.html |title=Satellite Launches in the PRC: Loral |access-date=6 December 2010 |author=Select Committee of the United States House of Representatives |date=3 January 1999|work=U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Athens]], is attacked by an antitank rocket, launched by the [[Revolutionary Organization 17 November]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-16-mn-36785-story.html|title=U.S. Embassy in Athens Attacked|date=February 16, 1996|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2021-02-08|archive-date=2021-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208200257/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-16-mn-36785-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; The first draft of the complete [[human genome]] is published in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]''.
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[15 February 2003 anti-war protests|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.
*[[2010]] &ndash; Two trains collide in the [[Halle train collision]] in [[Halle, Belgium]], killing 19 and injuring 171 people.
*[[2012]] &ndash; Three hundred and sixty people die in a [[Comayagua prison fire|fire]] at a [[Honduras|Honduran prison]] in the city of [[Comayagua]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Chelyabinsk meteor|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]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; Sixty people drown and hundreds are missing after a boat sinks on the [[2021 Congo River disaster|Congo River]] near the village of Longola Ekoti, [[Mai-Ndombe Province]], Democratic Republic of the Congo.<ref>{{cite news |title=Congo river disaster: at least 60 dead and hundreds missing after 'overloaded' boat sinks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/congo-river-boat-sinks-deaths-missing |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=16 February 2021 |language=en |archive-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219155933/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/16/congo-river-boat-sinks-deaths-missing |url-status=live }}</ref>