Page 9: Historical Events In February - 15

1967  inaugural anti-bootleg recording laws enacted.   

1967  antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79.   

1968  little Walter, rocker, dies at 37.   

1970  ard Schenk is recorded as becoming world champion all-round skater.   

1970  dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, results in the deaths of 102.   

1970  nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo.   

1971  After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal   

1971  Britain changes its currency to the decimal system   

1971  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63   

1972  dimitrios Papadopoulos is recorded as becoming metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos.   

1972  president Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time.   

1972  edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66.   

1973  Ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages   

1973  USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200300 km)   

1973  Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55   

1974  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR   

1974  Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86   

1975  Julian Huxley, biologist, dies   

1976  12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria.   

1977  royal Bank transfers three head office departments from Montreal to Toronto.   

1977  social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election.   

1978  England all out 64 for inaugural loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain)   

1978  escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola FL.   

1978  In a split decision, Leon Spinks takes the heavyweight boxing champion title away from defending champ Muhammad Ali   

1978  Zaire revises constitution   

1978  Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72   

1979  21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win.   

1979  Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes   

1979  Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show   

1979  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1979  alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51.   

1980  Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds   

1981  Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George NY   

1981  Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490) was born on February - 15.   

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on February - 15.   

1483  Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30 was born on February - 15.   

1497  On this day in history birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On this day in history birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

1524  On this day in history birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims   

1557  On February - 15 birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on February - 15.   

1145  On February - 15 lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies   

1152  Konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58 on this day in history.   

1503  Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies on February - 15.   

1568  On this day in history hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on February - 15.   

1597  On February - 15 pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  On this day in history jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)