February 15th in History
February 15th in History
- 1804: New Jersey becomes last northern state to abolish slavery
- 1936: Hitler announces building of Volkswagen
- 1942: Singapore surrenders to Japanese forces
- 1971: Britain changes its currency to the decimal system
- 1974: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR
- 1989: Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
February 15th birthdays
- 1564: Galileo Galilei, Italian scientist and astronomer
- 1882: John Barrymore, American actor.
- 1931: Claire Bloom, English actress
- 1951: Jane Seymour, English actress
- 1954: Matt Groening, American cartoonist.
