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02/15/1976
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12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
Type: Event
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02/15/1977
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Social-democrats win Danish parliamentary election
Type: Event
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02/15/1977
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Brook Wackman, rocker
Type: Birth
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02/15/1978
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Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party), dies at 72
Type: Death
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02/15/1978
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England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt)
Type: Event
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02/15/1978
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Leon Spinks beats Muhammad Ali in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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02/15/1978
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Zaire revises constitution
Type: Event
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02/15/1978
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Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Fla
Type: Event
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02/15/1979
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Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show
Type: Event
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02/15/1979
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Mehdi Rahimi, Iran general/milt governor of Teheran, executed
Type: Death
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02/15/1979
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Alex Bradford, actor/composer (Your Arms too Short...), dies at 51
Type: Death
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02/15/1979
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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02/15/1979
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Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins
Type: Event
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02/15/1979
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21st Grammy Awards: Just the Way You Are, Taste of Honey wins
Type: Event
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02/15/1979
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Kaj-Erik Eriksen, actor (Quarantine)
Type: Birth
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02/15/1980
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Eric Heiden skates Olympic record 500m in 38.03 sec
Type: Event
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02/15/1980
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Wayne Gretzy assists on NHL-record-tieing 7 goals
Type: Event
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02/15/1981
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Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies
Type: Death
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02/15/1981
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Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at 36
Type: Death
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02/15/1981
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Thomas Beversdorf, composer, dies at 56
Type: Death
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02/15/1981
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Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, NY
Type: Event
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02/15/1981
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Joanne Carner wins LPGA SandH Golf Classic
Type: Event
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02/15/1982
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Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
Type: Event
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02/15/1982
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Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die
Type: Event
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02/15/1982
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Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86
Type: Death
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02/15/1984
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Leamon Hunt, US director-General in Sinai, killed by communists
Type: Death
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02/15/1984
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Ethel Merman, singer/actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76
Type: Death
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02/15/1984
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500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
Type: Event
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02/15/1984
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Avon Long, dancer/actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies of cancer at 73
Type: Death
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02/15/1985
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World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
Type: Event
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02/15/1985
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STS 51-E vehicle moves to launch pad
Type: Event
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02/15/1986
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44,180 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
Type: Event
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02/15/1986
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Ferdinand Marcos wins rigged Philippines presidential election
Type: Event
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02/15/1986
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Phil Natl Assembly authorizes 6 more years for Ferdinand Marcos
Type: Event
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02/15/1987
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Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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02/15/1987
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Jimmy Holiday, US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42
Type: Death
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02/15/1987
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Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater
Type: Event
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02/15/1987
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ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
Type: Event
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02/15/1987
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Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot
Type: Event
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02/15/1987
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Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92)
Type: Event
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02/15/1988
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Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69
Type: Death
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02/15/1988
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Neil R[onald] Jones, sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/15/1988
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Frederick [Fritz] Loewe, composer, dies
Type: Death
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02/15/1988
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Gerard Holt, architect, dies at 83
Type: Death
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02/15/1988
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Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at 91
Type: Death
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02/15/1988
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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02/15/1989
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Soviet military occupation of Afgh nist n ends
Type: Event
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02/15/1989
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Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
Type: Event
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02/15/1990
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Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at 77
Type: Death
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02/15/1990
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Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at 68
Type: Death
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