February 15 in history: • 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: The invasion of Ceylon ended with Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian governor of the island, surrendering Colombo to British forces. → go there • 1906 – A team of Italian archaeologists led by Ernesto Schiaparelli discovered the tomb of Kha and Merit (pictured), an ancient Egyptian foreman and his wife, in the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina. → go there • 1961 – All 72 people on board Sabena Flight 548, including the entire U.S. figure-skating team, and one person on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed on approach to Brussels Airport. → go there • 1976 – The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum. → go there • 1996 – A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satellite Intelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants. → go there Died 1776: John Caesar Wiki link Born 1811: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Wiki link Born 1850: Sophie Bryant Wiki link Born 1921: Norman C. Deno Wiki link Pictured: Painted scene from a box found in the [[tomb of Kha and Merit]].