Tuesday, February 15, 2011

February 15

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1 1764 The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established. April Stevens & Nino Tempo St. Louis Blues Sing the Great Songs
2 1805 Harmony Society is officially formed. Nancy Sit Virtues of Harmony Oriental Girls
3 1879 Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Destroyer A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point Destroyer's Rubies
4 1965 A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Maple Leaf Rag Works Volume 2
5 1971 The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. Elliott Ten Cent Inquiry US Songs
6 1972 Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. The Cranberries Copycat Bury the Hatchet
7 2001 First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature Jenny Picolo Patented Genes Information to Denounce the Genocide
8 2005 YouTube is launched in the United States. Radiohead Videotape In Rainbows

(Historical facts about February 15 are from Wikipedia.)

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