Page 7: Historical Events In April - 15
Sunday, 15 February 2026
1958 Estelle Taylor, dies at 64. 

1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour 

1959 Emma Thompson, British actress is born 

1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizes at Shaw U. 

1961 Launching of inaugural nuclear-powered frigate, USS Bainbridge, at Quincy, MA 

1961 Yuri Gagarin, the inaugural man in space, is awarded the Order of Lenin. 

1962 USS Princeton brought inaugural Marine helicopters to Vietnam. This was inaugural Marine advisory unit to arrive in South Vietnam 

1962 Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80 

1965 Syd Chaplin, dies at 80. 

1966 The Rolling Stones release "Aftermath" 

1966 Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81. 

1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69 

1968 Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73. 

1969 North Korean aircraft shoots down Navy EC-121 reconnaissance aircraft over the Sea of Japan. 

1969 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81. 

1971 43rd Academy Awards presented 

1972 Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64. 

1974 Military coup in Niger 

1975 C Torres discovers asteroid #2784 Domeyko. 

1975 inaugural appearance of the San Diego Chicken. 

1975 Charles Marshall, dies 

1976 Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78 

1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy. 

1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3041 Webb 

1980 Raymond Bailey actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75. 

1980 Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74. 

1981 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67. 

1982 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257 

1982 Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display. 

1982 The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt are executed 

1982 5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed. 

1983 Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 

1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens 

1983 Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80. 

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