February 15th in History
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1270
Grand Duke Gediminas, the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, issues letters inviting artisans and tradesmen to settle in his lands, marking the beginning of Vilnius's development as a major city.
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In 1305, Robert Bruce having escaped the traps and snares of the English tyrant, by the treachery of John the Red Comyn, came to Lochmaben, and from there, accompanied [by]James Lindsay, and Roger Kilpatrick, went to Dumfries, the 15thof February, and in the church there having met with John Comyn, did accuse him of his wicked and perfidious dealing and treachery towards him, in revealing the bond of confederacy between them, contrary [to] his faith, began to deny; but Robert, impatient, stabbed him in the breast, with his cousin, Sir Robert Comyn, whom James Lindsay, and Roger Kilpatrick, did quickly despatch.
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One of the most dramatic moments in British history took place on February 15, 1587, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle.
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1856American naval officer David Dixon Porter leaves Turkey with a shipload of 33 camels. They were unloaded in Texas the following May, but by then there were 34 camels as one had died and two were born and survived the trip. These were the first camels imported to the U.S. for commercial purposes.
Congress had appropriated $30,000 for the camel acquisition to be used in experiments to determine their suitability for use in the military.....
1901Winston Churchill entered Parliament for the first time, as MP for Oldham. MPs of the period were unpaid and Churchill was forced to take a speaking tour in order to fund his tenure.
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1928After some 70 years of work, the 1st Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed.
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15th February 1971 was Decimal Day in the United Kingdom when the old currency of pounds, shillings and pence with the pound being worth two hundred and forty pennies was replaced with a currency of pounds and pence with one hundred pennies in each pound.
The announcement of the change to decimal coinage came in 1966 and as hundreds of millions of new coins were needed and expansion at the existing Royal Mint at Tower Hill in London was not practical, it was decided to find a new location outside London. More than 20 sites were considered, however in keeping with the government's policy of transferring industry from the capital to development areas, Llantrisant was eventually chosen as the site for the new Royal Mint
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On 15th February 1996 the Sea Empress ran aground at the entrance to Milford Haven harbour.
The grounding of the Sea Empress resulted in one of the largest and most environmentally damaging oil spills in European history. Approximately 72,000 tonnes of crude oil escaped into the sea, with more than 100km of coastline becoming seriously polluted. Thousands of birds were killed as a result and shore seaweeds and invertebrates were also killed in large quantities.
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February 15 1965
A hairdresser named Vickie Jones was arrested in Fort Myers, Florida for trying to pass herself off as Aretha Franklin.Jones' concert performance was so realistic that no one asked for a refund.
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1988: Def Leppard singer Jo Elliot puts his foot in it by referring to the location of their next gig at El Paso, Texas as 'the place with all those greasy Mexicans'. The band cancel after receiving death threats. b]
1270
Grand Duke Gediminas, the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, issues letters inviting artisans and tradesmen to settle in his lands, marking the beginning of Vilnius's development as a major city.
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In 1305, Robert Bruce having escaped the traps and snares of the English tyrant, by the treachery of John the Red Comyn, came to Lochmaben, and from there, accompanied [by]James Lindsay, and Roger Kilpatrick, went to Dumfries, the 15thof February, and in the church there having met with John Comyn, did accuse him of his wicked and perfidious dealing and treachery towards him, in revealing the bond of confederacy between them, contrary [to] his faith, began to deny; but Robert, impatient, stabbed him in the breast, with his cousin, Sir Robert Comyn, whom James Lindsay, and Roger Kilpatrick, did quickly despatch.
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One of the most dramatic moments in British history took place on February 15, 1587, when Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed at Fotheringhay Castle.
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1856American naval officer David Dixon Porter leaves Turkey with a shipload of 33 camels. They were unloaded in Texas the following May, but by then there were 34 camels as one had died and two were born and survived the trip. These were the first camels imported to the U.S. for commercial purposes.
Congress had appropriated $30,000 for the camel acquisition to be used in experiments to determine their suitability for use in the military.....
1901Winston Churchill entered Parliament for the first time, as MP for Oldham. MPs of the period were unpaid and Churchill was forced to take a speaking tour in order to fund his tenure.
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1928After some 70 years of work, the 1st Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed.
...
15th February 1971 was Decimal Day in the United Kingdom when the old currency of pounds, shillings and pence with the pound being worth two hundred and forty pennies was replaced with a currency of pounds and pence with one hundred pennies in each pound.
The announcement of the change to decimal coinage came in 1966 and as hundreds of millions of new coins were needed and expansion at the existing Royal Mint at Tower Hill in London was not practical, it was decided to find a new location outside London. More than 20 sites were considered, however in keeping with the government's policy of transferring industry from the capital to development areas, Llantrisant was eventually chosen as the site for the new Royal Mint
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On 15th February 1996 the Sea Empress ran aground at the entrance to Milford Haven harbour.
The grounding of the Sea Empress resulted in one of the largest and most environmentally damaging oil spills in European history. Approximately 72,000 tonnes of crude oil escaped into the sea, with more than 100km of coastline becoming seriously polluted. Thousands of birds were killed as a result and shore seaweeds and invertebrates were also killed in large quantities.
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February 15 1965
A hairdresser named Vickie Jones was arrested in Fort Myers, Florida for trying to pass herself off as Aretha Franklin.Jones' concert performance was so realistic that no one asked for a refund.
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1988: Def Leppard singer Jo Elliot puts his foot in it by referring to the location of their next gig at El Paso, Texas as 'the place with all those greasy Mexicans'. The band cancel after receiving death threats. b]
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