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Events on February 15

• 1637 Following the death of his father Ferdinand II, Ferdinand III becomes Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in the middle of the Thirty Years' War.
• 1763 Prussia, Austria and Saxony conclude the Treaty of Hubertusburg at Hubertusburg Palace in Saxony, ending the Seven Years' War in Europe. The status quo before the war is restored, and Prussia establishes itself as a European great power.
• 1867 The waltz “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss (the son) is premiered as a choral waltz by the Vienna Men's Choral Association in the Dianabade Hall in Vienna.
• 1902 In Berlin, the first section of the subway is opened between the subway stations Stralauer Tor and Zoologischer Garten.
• 1944 The founding monastery of the Benedictines at Monte Cassino is almost completely destroyed by heavy Allied bombing during the Second World War, even though around 800 civilians are in the buildings.
• 1959 Between Düsseldorf and Ratingen, a mobile radar device is used for speed checks for the first time in Germany.
• 1978 Leon Spinks wins his bout and the heavyweight world title against Muhammad Ali at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas with a points decision.
• 1987 The German comedy series “Rudi's Daily Show,” shown on ARD, triggers an international scandal when, in one scene, the Iranian head of state, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, is linked to women's underwear. Host Rudi Carrell receives death threats.
• 1989 The Soviet government announces that the Soviet Army has completely withdrawn from Afghanistan. The Soviet intervention in Afghanistan thus comes to an end after more than nine years.
• 2003 Around 9 million people worldwide demonstrate in the largest peace demonstration in history against the Iraq War planned by the “Coalition of the Willing,” making it the only war in history so far against which protest demonstrations had already taken place before its outbreak.
• 2006 The Federal Constitutional Court declares a provision of West Germany's Air Security Act void, which was supposed to provide a legal basis for the eventual shootdown of hijacked aircraft in hazardous situations.
• 2013 Near Chelyabinsk, a meteor enters the Earth's atmosphere and explodes 30 to 50 kilometres above the ground. The resulting shock wave damages around 3,500 buildings. 1,491 people are injured by flying glass shards. It is the largest meteor since the Tunguska meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere.

Born on February 15

• 1874 Ernest Shackleton, British polar explorer
• 1883 Fritz Gerlich, German journalist and historian
• 1901 Jupp Schmitz, German entertainer, pop singer and yodelling singer
• 1931 Claire Bloom, British actress
• 1950 Berthold Huber, German toolmaker, trade unionist and chairman of IG Metall
• 1951 Gerald Hüther, German neurobiologist and brain researcher
• 1962 Michael Roth, German handball player and coach
• 1970 Jens Fiedler, German track cyclist
• 1970 Mark Warnecke, German swimmer
• 1980 André Schünke, German journalist, news anchor and host

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „15. Februar“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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