February 15: National Flag of Canada Day; Susan B. Anthony Day in some parts of the United States; Family Day in some parts of Canada (2027)
Painted scene from a box found in the tomb of Kha and Merit
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: The invasion of Ceylon ended with Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian governor of the island, surrendering Colombo to British forces.
- 1906 – A team of Italian archaeologists led by Ernesto Schiaparelli discovered the tomb of Kha and Merit (pictured), an ancient Egyptian foreman and his wife, in the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina.
- 1961 – All 72 people on board Sabena Flight 548, including the entire U.S. figure-skating team, and one person on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed on approach to Brussels Airport.
- 1976 – The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum.
- 1996 – A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satellite Intelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants.
- John Caesar (d. 1776)
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (b. 1811)
- Sophie Bryant (b. 1850)
- Norman C. Deno (b. 1921)
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