TODAY IN HSITORY

FEBRUARY 15

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.