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Sunday, 15 February 2026

2005

YouTube, the Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.

2003

Protests against the Iraq war occur in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people took part, making this the largest peace demonstration in the history of the world.

2001

First draft of the complete Human Genome is published in Nature

2000

Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.

1999

Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), is arrested in Kenya.

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.

1991

The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

1989

Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.

1982

The drilling rig ''Ocean Ranger'' sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.

1979

Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.

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