February 15: National Flag of Canada Day; Statehood Day in Serbia (1804)
Flag of Canada
- 1823 – James McBrien made the first official discovery of gold in Australia at Fish River in New South Wales.
- 1900 – Second Boer War: British cavalry under Major-General John French defeated Boer forces to end a 124-day siege of Kimberley, present-day South Africa.
- 1965 – Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag (pictured), replacing the Canadian Red Ensign.
- 1976 – The current Constitution of Cuba, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum.
- 2012 – A fire at the National Penitentiary at Comayagua, Honduras, killed 361 people, making it the deadliest prison fire ever.
Tiberios III/Leontios (d. 706) · Sophie Bryant (b. 1850) · Irena Sendler (b. 1910)
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