On this day: February 15

POSTED: 04:12 PM PST Feb 14, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 14, 2013 

The USS Maine explodes mysteriously in Havana Harbor, the teddy bear is born, President Franklin D. Roosevelt survives an assassination attempt, and Jeffrey Dahmer is found guilty, all on this day.

OTD February 15 - Chris Farley
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1964: Actor and comedian Chris Farley, who found fame as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and starred in movies such as "Tommy Boy," "Black Sheep" and "Beverly Hills Ninja," is born in Madison, Wis. Farley died of a drug overdose at the age of 33 in December 1997.

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