Page 9: Historical Events In February - 15

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

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

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  On February - 15 little Walter, rocker, dies at 37   

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

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

1970  On February - 15 nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo   

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  Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63 on February - 15.   

1972  Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos on this day in history.   

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

1973  On February - 15 uSSR launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km)   

1973  On February - 15 tim Holt, actor (Stagecoach, Hitler's Children), dies of cancer at 55   

1974  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn arrives in Switzerland after being expelled from the USSR on February - 15.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1978  Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola FL on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history zaire revises constitution   

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

1979  21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win on February - 15.   

1979  On February - 15 paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hours 40 minutes   

1979  On this day in history temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show   

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

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 this day in history.   

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1368  Sigismund, Nornberg Germany, Holy Roman emperor (1410-37) was born on February - 15.   

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

1471  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

1483  On this day in history birth of babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30   

1497  On February - 15 birth of philipp Melanchthon, German Protestant   

1519  On February - 15 birth of pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer (found St Augustine Florida)   

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  Lucius II, [Gherardo Caccianemici], Italian Pope (1144-45), dies on February - 15.   

1152  On February - 15 konrad III, Roman-German King (1138-1152), dies at about 58   

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 February - 15.   

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

1597  Pieter J Kies, Dutch mayor of Haarlem (1572-73), dies at about 66 on this day in history.   

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