February 15: National Flag of Canada Day; Statehood Day in Serbia (1804)
Chelyabinsk meteor (video)
- 1823 – James McBrien made the first official discovery of gold in Australia at Fish River in New South Wales.
- 1898 – The United States Navy battleship USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba, killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish–American War.
- 1942 – Second World War: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita captured Singapore, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
- 1989 – The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.
- 2013 – A previously undetected meteor exploded in mid-air (pictured) over Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with the resulting shock wave injuring more than 1,500 people.
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