Historical Events In February - 15

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

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

1967  French Diadème 1-D satellite launches into Earth orbit on February - 15.   

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  Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102 on February - 15.   

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

1978  On this day in history england all out 64 for first loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott Captain)   

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

1978  On February - 15 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  21st Grammy Awards Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey win on February - 15.   

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 February - 15.   

1979  On February - 15 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  On this day in history 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  Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1503) was born on this day in history.   

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

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