Historical Events In February - 15

1967  On this day in history d66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber   

1967  First anti-bootleg recording laws enacted on February - 15.   

1967  French Diadème 1-D satellite launches into Earth orbit on this day in history.   

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

1968  Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37 on February - 15.   

1970  On February - 15 ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater   

1970  On this day in history dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102   

1970  Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo on this day in history.   

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

1971  Britain changes its currency to the decimal system on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 15.   

1974  On this day in history aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR   

1974  On this day in history kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at 86   

1975  On February - 15 julian Huxley, biologist, dies   

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

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

1977  On February - 15 social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election   

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

1978  On February - 15 escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola FL   

1978  On this day in history in a split decision, Leon Spinks takes the heavyweight boxing champion title away from defending champ Muhammad Ali.   

1978  Zaire revises constitution on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes   

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

1979  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 15.   

1979  Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51 on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1458  On February - 15 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  Philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant was born on February - 15.   

1519  Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida) was born on this day in history.   

1524  On February - 15 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  On this day in history konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

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  On February - 15 cunerus Petri, Dutch theologist/bishop of Leeuwarden, dies   

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

1600  On February - 15 jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?)