In 1874, Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton was born.
In 1971, the decimal currency system was adopted in Britain.
In 2003, one million anti-war protesters marched in London.
25 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of February 15, 1983
Bradford artist David Hockney has been awarded this year's Shakespeare Prize by the FVS Foundation of Hamburg for his services to painting and the arts.
50 years ago Taken from the Telegraph & Argus of February 15, 1958
Legal proceedings, the first of their kind in Bradford, are to be taken for alleged contraventions of the city's smokeless zone orders.
