CoM Moderators Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1145 - Bernardo elected Pope Eugene III1861 - Fort Point, in San Francisco, California, completed and garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)1958 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris won by June Markham/Courtney Jones GRB1967 - 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted1979 - Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins1987 - ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series1996 - American boxer Tommy Morrison announces he has contracted HIV1999 - Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), was arrested in Kenya.2005 - YouTube, Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States2013 - Chelyabinsk meteor breaks up over Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring over 1,200 people, with 26 to 33 times energy of Hiroshima bomb More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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