February 15: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 438Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II published the Codex Theodosianus, a compilation of Roman laws.
2. 1493Christopher Columbus wrote his famous open letter describing his discoveries in the New World.
3. 1946ENIAC, one of the first general-purpose electronic computers, was officially unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania.
4. 1971Britain and Ireland adopted decimal currency; a pound was now divided into 100 pence.
5. 2001The first draft of the human genome was published in the scientific journal Nature.

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