International Childhood Cancer Day
#Health#People#AwarenessRaising global awareness about childhood cancer and advocating for improved access to treatment and care.
National Gumdrop Day
#FoodCelebrating and enjoying the popular, gelatin-based candy, gumdrop.
Singles Awareness Day
#PeopleHonoring and acknowledging all those embracing their single status.
World Hippo Day
#AnimalsWorld Hippo Day, celebrated annually on February 15th, is a global event dedicated to recognizing and appreciating the third largest mammal on Earth and raising awareness about their declining population due to habitat loss and hunting.
Interesting Facts of February 15th
- February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 319 days remain until the end of the year (320 in leap years).
- This day in 2001 saw the launch of the first draft of the complete human genome in the journal Nature.
- In 1961, all 72 people aboard Sabena Flight 548 were killed in a plane crash near Brussels, Belgium, marking the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 707.
- A meteor exploded over Russia on February 15, 2013. It is the most significant such event on Earth in over a century.
- Astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Italy in 1564. He was famous for his studies of the solar system and is often called the "father of modern physics."