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February 15

1798 The first serious fist fight occurs in Congress.

1898 The U.S. battleship Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, killing 268 sailors and bringing hordes of Western cowboys and gunfighters rushing to enlist in the Spanish-American War.

1925 The London Zoo announces it will install lights to cheer up fogged-in animals.

1940 Hitler orders that all British merchant ships will be considered warships.

1961 Eighteen members of the U.S. figure skating team are lost in an airplane crash in Belgium.

1965 Canada's maple leaf flag is raised for the first time.

1967 Thirteen U.S. helicopters are shot down in one day in Vietnam

1974 U.S. gas stations threaten to close because of federal fuel policies.


Born on February 15

1954 Matt Groening, cartoonist (The Simpsons).


Joke of the Day

“Waitress, can I ask you something about the menu please?”

Waitress: [slaps me a good one across the face] ...“The men I please are none of your damn business!”