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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/1113" title="1113">1113</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II" title="Pope Paschal II">Pope Paschal II</a> issued the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull" title="Papal bull">papal bull</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_postulatio_voluntatis" title="Pie postulatio voluntatis">Pie postulatio voluntatis</a></b></i>, formally recognising the establishment of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Knights Hospitaller</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1493" title="1493">1493</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> wrote <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%27s_letter_on_the_first_voyage" title="Columbus's letter on the first voyage">a letter widely distributed upon his return to Portugal</a></b> that announced the results of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus#First_voyage" title="Voyages of Christopher Columbus">his first voyage</a> to the Americas.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>: British cavalry led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_French,_1st_Earl_of_Ypres" title="John French, 1st Earl of Ypres">John French</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boers" title="Boers">Boer</a> forces to end <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Kimberley" title="Siege of Kimberley">a 124-day siege</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley,_Northern_Cape" title="Kimberley, Northern Cape">Kimberley</a> in present-day South Africa.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: Japanese forces led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoyuki_Yamashita" title="Tomoyuki Yamashita">Tomoyuki Yamashita</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore" title="Fall of Singapore">captured Singapore</a></b> with the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_meteor" title="Chelyabinsk meteor">A meteor</a></b> exploded <i>(video featured)</i> over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelyabinsk_Oblast" title="Chelyabinsk Oblast">Chelyabinsk Oblast</a>, Russia; the resulting shock wave injured about 1,500 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Tabataba" title="Ibn Tabataba">Ibn Tabataba</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 815); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._A._Urechia" title="V. A. Urechia">V. A. Urechia</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1834); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_B._Chaffee" title="Roger B. Chaffee">Roger B. Chaffee</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1935)</p>
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