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2019

U.S. President Donald Trump declares a national emergency in order to divert funds to build a border wall.

2013

A meteorite explodes in Chelyabinsk, Russia, injuring 1,500 people.

2005

YouTube, a website where videos can be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.

2001

The first complete draft of the human genome is published in the journal Nature.

2000

Martin Brodeur becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to be credited with the game-winning goal, in a 4–2 victory by the New Jersey Devils over the Philadelphia Flyers.

1989

The last 100,000 Soviet soldiers leave Afghanistan after 10 years of conflict.

1984

Speed skater Gaetan Boucher wins his second gold medal at the 14th Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, Bosnia.

1965

Canada unveils its red-and-white maple leaf flag.

1950

In New York, Walt Disney premieres the film “Cinderella.”

1936

Adolf Hitler announces the production of the Volkswagen Beetle, the “people’s car” (Käfer/Beetle).

It happened on… February 15

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