Historical Events In February - 15

1967  D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber on this day in history.  

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

1967  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater  

1970  On February - 15 dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102  

1970  Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo on February - 15.  

1971  On February - 15 after 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal  

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

1971  On February - 15 marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63  

1972  Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos on February - 15.  

1972  On February - 15 president Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time  

1972  Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66 on February - 15.  

1973  Ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages on February - 15.  

1973  USSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km) on February - 15.  

1973  Tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55 on this day in history.  

1974  On February - 15 aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR  

1974  Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86 on February - 15.  

1975  Julian Huxley, biologist, dies on this day in history.  

1976  On this day in history 12th Winter Olympics games close at Innsbruck, Austria  

1977  On February - 15 royal Bank transfers three head office departments from Montreal to Toronto.  

1977  On this day in history social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election  

1978  England all out 64 for first loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain) on this day in history.  

1978  On February - 15 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 on this day in history.  

1978  Zaire revises constitution on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72  

1979  21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win on this day in history.  

1979  Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes on February - 15.  

1979  Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show on this day in history.  

1979  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

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

1980  Eric Heiden skates Olympics record 500 meter in 38.03 seconds on February - 15.  

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

1458  On this day in history birth of ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)  

1471  On February - 15 birth of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503)  

1483  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 birth of charles de Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims  

1557  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on this day in history.  

1043  On this day in history gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52  

1145  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies  

1568  Hendrik van Brederode, Dutch noble (Compromise of Nobles), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies  

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(?)