"On Feb. 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine mysteriously exploded in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew members and bringing the United States closer to war with Spain. Also on this date: In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a law allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami that mortally wounded Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak; gunman Giuseppe Zangara was executed by electric chair the following month."
"In 1950, Walt Disney's animated film Cinderella premiered in Boston. In 1961, 73 people, including all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team en route to the World Championships in Czechoslovakia, were killed in the crash of a Sabena Airlines Boeing 707 in Belgium. In 1978, boxer Leon Spinks scored a massive upset as he defeated Muhammad Ali by split decision to become the world heavyweight champion."
Feb. 15 marks a range of historical events across politics, culture, science and tragedy. In 1898 the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing more than 260 crew and drawing the United States toward war with Spain. In 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a law allowing female attorneys to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. Notable later events include FDR's 1933 assassination attempt, Disney's 1950 Cinderella premiere, the 1961 Sabena Airlines crash that killed 73 including the U.S. figure skating team, Leon Spinks' 1978 upset over Muhammad Ali, the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, the 2001 human genome draft, the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, and recent legal settlements and criminal sentencing related to mass shootings.
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