Historical Events for 15th February 2026

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1898 - USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die
1933 - Social-democratic newspaper "Vorwarts" banned again in Berlin
1956 - Pirates and KC As cancel an exhibition game in Birmingham, Alabama, due to a local ordinance barring Black players from playing against White players
1959 - Antonio Segni forms Italian government
1985 - World chess championship match abandoned with Anatoly Karpov 25 leading Garry Kasparov 23
2000 - Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails
2001 - First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal "Nature"
2002 - At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on crematorium's property. One of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.

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