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February 15th, 2005 | Event | YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. |
February 15th, 2003 | Event | Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world. |
February 15th, 2002 | Event | At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on the crematorium s property. The discovery reveals one of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry. |
February 15th, 2001 | Event | First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature |
February 15th, 2000 | Event | Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails. |
February 15th, 1999 | Event | Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party, widely recognized as terrorist organization), was arrested in Kenya. |
February 15th, 1996 | Event | Mortar attack on the US Embassy in Athens, Greece. |
February 15th, 1996 | Event | At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people. |
February 15th, 1995 | Event | Hacking: Kevin Mitnick is arrested by the FBI and charged with breaking into some of the United States most "secure" computer systems. |
February 15th, 1991 | Event | The Visegrad Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland. |
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