Page 9: Historical Events In February - 15

1967  On February - 15 d66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber   

1967  On this day in history first anti-bootleg recording laws enacted   

1967  On February - 15 french Diadème 1-D satellite launches into Earth orbit   

1967  On February - 15 antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79   

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1970  Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater on February - 15.   

1970  Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo   

1971  On this day in history after 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal   

1971  On February - 15 britain changes its currency to the decimal system   

1971  On this day in history marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63   

1972  On this day in history dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos   

1972  On this day in history president Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time   

1972  On February - 15 edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66   

1973  On February - 15 ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages.   

1973  USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km) on this day in history.   

1973  Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 on February - 15.   

1974  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR on this day in history.   

1974  Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history julian Huxley, biologist, dies   

1976  On February - 15 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria   

1977  Royal Bank transfers three head office departments from Montreal to Toronto on this day in history.   

1977  Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election on February - 15.   

1978  England all out 64 for first loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain) on February - 15.   

1978  Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola FL on February - 15.   

1978  In a split decision, Leon Spinks takes the heavyweight boxing champion title away from defending champ Muhammad Ali on February - 15.   

1978  On this day in history zaire revises constitution   

1978  On February - 15 ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72   

1979  On February - 15 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 on February - 15.   

1979  On February - 15 temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show   

1979  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1979  Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1980  Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds on this day in history.   

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1368  On February - 15 birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

1458  On February - 15 birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)   

1471  On this day in history birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)   

1483  On February - 15 birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

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

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on February - 15.   

1524  Charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims was born on February - 15.   

1557  On this day in history birth of alfonso Fontanelli, composer   

1043  On February - 15 gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52   

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 February - 15.   

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

1568  On February - 15 hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36   

1580  Cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies on this day in history.   

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on February - 15.   

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