Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 15

February 15: Candlemas in Eastern Christianity; Flag Day in Canada; National Day in Serbia; Fat Thursday (2007).

Soviet troops withdrawing from Afghanistan

• 1898 - The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana, Cuba, killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish-American War.

• 1942 - World War II: General Tomoyuki Yamashita led the Japanese forces to capture the so called "impregnable fortress" of Singapore.

• 1971 - The British pound sterling and the Irish pound were decimalised on what is called Decimal Day.

• 1989 - The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan (pictured).

• 2003 - Millions around the world took part in protests against the impending invasion of Iraq.

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