Page 9: Historical Events In February - 15

1967  D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber on February - 15.   

1967  First anti-bootleg recording laws enacted on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history french Diadème 1-D satellite launches into Earth orbit   

1967  Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1970  On February - 15 nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo   

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

1971  Britain changes its currency to the decimal system on February - 15.   

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history ottawa restricts oil exports to US, due to possible shortages.   

1973  On this day in history uSSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)   

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

1975  On February - 15 julian Huxley, biologist, dies   

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

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

1977  Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1978  Zaire revises constitution on this day in history.   

1978  Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 February - 15.   

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1368  On this day in history birth of sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37)   

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

1471  On this day in history 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  On February - 15 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  Alfonso Fontanelli, composer was born on February - 15.   

1043  Gisela, wife of RC-German emperor Conrad II the Salier, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1145  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66   

1600  Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59(?) on this day in history.