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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Flag_of_Canada_Day" title="National Flag of Canada Day">National Flag of Canada Day</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a>); <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statehood_Day_(Serbia)" title="Statehood Day (Serbia)">Statehood Day</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/438" title="438">438</a> – The <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Theodosianus" title="Codex Theodosianus">Codex Theodosianus</a></b></i>, a compilation of the laws of the Roman Empire, was published.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1763" title="1763">1763</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Saxony</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a> signed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Hubertusburg" title="Treaty of Hubertusburg">Treaty of Hubertusburg</a>, ending the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Silesian_War" title="Third Silesian War">Third Silesian War</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Lankester_Harding" title="Gerald Lankester Harding">Gerald Lankester Harding</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_de_Vaux" title="Roland de Vaux">Roland de Vaux</a> began excavations at Cave 1 of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qumran_Caves" title="Qumran Caves">Qumran Caves</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" title="West Bank">West Bank</a>, the location of the first seven <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" title="Dead Sea Scrolls">Dead Sea Scrolls</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dunstan" title="Don Dunstan">Don Dunstan</a></b> resigned as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_South_Australia" title="Premier of South Australia">Premier of South Australia</a>, ending a decade of sweeping <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism" title="Progressivism">social liberalisation</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_%C3%96calan" title="Abdullah Öcalan">Abdullah Öcalan</a></b>, one of the founding members of the militant organization the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party" title="Kurdistan Workers' Party">Kurdistan Workers' Party</a>, was arrested by Turkish security forces in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, Kenya.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_of_Swabia" title="Gisela of Swabia">Gisela of Swabia</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1043); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1954); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Tae-bum" title="Mo Tae-bum">Mo Tae-bum</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1989); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawa_Dem" title="Dawa Dem">Dawa Dem</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>