Daily Calendar for Thursday, February 15, 2029

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Thursday, February 15, 2029

Born

  • Galileo Galilei (astronomer)
  • Henry E. Steinway (piano manufacturer)
  • John Sutter (pioneer)
  • Susan B. Anthony (American social reformer Susan B. Anthony is born in Adams, Massachusetts.)
  • Melissa Manchester (singer)
  • Jane Seymour (actress)
  • Matt Groening (cartoonist; creator of The Simpsons)
  • Chris Farley (actor)

Died

  • Nat King Cole (singer)
  • Ethel Merman (singer & actress)
  • Howard K. Smith (newscaster)
  • Jan Miner (actress who gained fame as Madge, the manicurist in Palmolive television ads)
  • Raquel Welch (actress)

Events

  • First mustard manufactured in U.S. advertised in Philadelphia, PA
  • Canada raised the Red Maple Leaf flag on Parliament Hill for the first time
  • Ocean Ranger offshore drilling rig sank in storm off Newfoundland
  • Rare sighting of yellow-billed loon, Lake Powell, Utah
  • Kyoto Protocol global climate treaty took effect

Weather

  • Parshal, North Dakota, had a low temperature of-60 degrees F
  • Thirty-nine inches of snow fell on Callicoon, New York