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February 15.
Just for you guys. 1764. The city of St. Louis, Missouri, is established.
1862. Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee. This was the first significant victory for Union forces in the Civil War, and starts Grant's meteoric rise.
1898. The USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana Harbor, leading to the Spanish-American War.
1942. The Fall of Singapore to the Japanese. A complete debacle and a serious blow to British interests in Asia.
2005. YouTube is launched.
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