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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for February 15, 2021:
7th calendar week, 46th day of the year
319 days until the end of the year
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Aquarius
Name day: Claude, Sigfrid
HISTORICAL DATA
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2020 - France reports the first corona death in Europe.
It is a Chinese tourist from the hard-hit central Chinese province of Hubei.
2019 - US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency because of illegal crossings on the border with Mexico.
He wants to access funds to build a wall that Parliament denies him.
2016 - The eastern EU countries Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia defend themselves in Prague against the refugee policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU).
They particularly want to thwart their redistribution plans.
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2011 - The Arab Spring protests spill over to Libya.
In Benghazi there are first clashes between insurgents, police and supporters of the ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Bloody battles ensue, which escalate into civil war.
2006 - Judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe: Hijacked passenger planes are not allowed to be shot down in Germany, even if the government sees no other way to ward off a terrorist attack.
2001 - Civil war refugees from Bosnia who have lived in Germany for at least six years and have been working for at least two years are allowed to stay permanently by resolution of the Conference of Interior Ministers.
1996 - A few seconds after takeoff from the Xichang Space Center, a Chinese Long March 3B rocket exploded with an American communications satellite and fell on several houses.
According to official information, six people died, unofficial sources say more than 100 dead.
1971 - Great Britain converts its currency to the decimal system as part of its accession to the European Community.
A pound now consists of 100 pence instead of the previous 20 shillings of 12 pence each.
1946 - A zone advisory council is established in the British occupation zone to advise the military government on “all areas of public life”.
BIRTHDAYS
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1951 - Jane Seymour (70), British actress ("Dr. Quinn, a passionate doctor")
1943 - Elke Heidenreich (78), German literary critic, TV presenter and writer, inventor of the cabaret figure "Else Stratmann"
1931 - Claire Bloom (90), British actress ("The Karamazov Brothers")
1921 - Herbert Culmann, German economic manager, CEO of Lufthansa 1972-1981, d. 1998
1891 - Josef Wintrich, German lawyer, President of the Federal Constitutional Court 1954-1958, d. 1958
DAYS OF DEATH
2001 - Burt Kennedy, American screenwriter and director ("The Powerful"), born in 1922
1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German poet ("Nathan the Wise"), born 1729
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