TODAY IN HISTORY

FEB 15TH

1764-St. Louis, Mo., was founded as a French fur-trading post.

1879-President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

1898-USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.

1913-The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.

1933-Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.

1965-The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.

1989-More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.

2002-Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.