Thursday February 15, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

February 15: Day of the Week

February 15, 2024 was the 46th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 320 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

February 15 Historical Event(s)

590
Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
1764
The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
1862
American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1944
World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
1946
ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1972
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
1991
The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
1994
Standard of the President of Russia is established.
1996
At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
1999
Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party, is arrested in Kenya.

Who were born on February 15?

1809
Cyrus McCormick, American inventor (d. 1884)
1845
Elihu Root, American statesman, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1937)
1873
Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1964)
1893
Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
1928
Norman Bridwell, American author and cartoonist
1935
Roger Chaffee, astronaut (d. 1967)
1944
Mick Avory, British drummer (The Kinks)
1959
Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
1969
Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper
1978
Tuan Le, American poker player

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