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1552 Edward Coke, England, jurist/politician (defended common law) 1757 John P Kemble, English actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden) 1763 Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) 1801 Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School) 1805 Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader) 1807 William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1810 Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black 1819 Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885 1827 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker 1829 John Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867 1833 Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop 1839 James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak) 1841 William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1844 Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist 1848 Adhmar Esmein, French lawyer 1859 Victor Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland) 1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist 1882 Louis St Laurent, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57) 1884 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We) 1885 Camille Chautemps, premier France 1887 Dirk Roosenburg, architect 1889 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia) 1892 K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) 1895 John Ford, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) 1897 Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss) 19-- Bill Leydon, Chicago Ill, TV host (Musical Chairs) 19-- Brandis Kemp, Palo Alto Calif, comedienne (Fridays) 19-- Don Amendolia, Glassboro NJ, actor (Dino-Mama Malone) 19-- Leo Burmester, Luoisville Ky, actor (Randy-Flo, Chiefs) 19-- Randy Josselyn, actor (Rodney-Family Matters) 1901 Clark Gable, actor, didn't give a damn about Scarlet O'Hara 1902 Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues) 1903 Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (Of the Bienenroman 1903 Georg Rendl, Austrian miner/beekeeper/writer (Of the Bienenroman) 1904 S J Perelman, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days) 1906 Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club singer (I'll Be Seeing You) 1907 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor 1907 Gnter Eich, German literary (Unnderground Highway) 1907 John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios) 1907 S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer 1907 S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer 1908 Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale) 1914 Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer 1915 Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted 1918 Muriel Spark, Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) 1920 Pierre Jonqures d'Oriola, France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64) 1922 Renata Tebaldi, Italy, opera singer (Lo Bohme) 1926 Stuart Whitman, SF Calif, actor (Capt Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip) 1927 Galway Kinnell, Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares) 1928 Tom Lantos, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- ) 1931 Barrel, [ABM] Frinking, teacher/member of Dutch 2nd chamber (CVP) 1931 Boris Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR 1931 Madeline Berthod, Switzerland, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1956) 1931 Ton [ABM] Frinking, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber 1932 John Hart, Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News) 1933 Reynolds Price, US writer 1934 Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons) 1935 Vladimir V Aksyonov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2) 1937 Don Everly, Brownie Ky, singer (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie) 1937 Garrett Morris, New Orleans La, comedian (Saturday Night Live) 1937 Ray Sawyer, [Dr Hook], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love) 1938 Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of Year 1961) 1938 Sherman Hemsley, Phila, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen) 1939 Paul E Gillmor, (Rep-R-Ohio) 1940 Herve Filion, sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame) 1941 Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1941 Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968) 1942 Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within) 1943 Terry Jones, Wales, comedian (Monty Python) 1943 Tina Sloan, NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow) 1946 Bert Braverman, LA Calif, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple) 1952 Rick James, [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak) 1954 Billy Mumy, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte) 1954 Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown) 1957 Donna Adamek, Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81) 1964 Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer (Warrant-Cherry Pie) 1965 Brandon Lee, Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo) 1965 Sherilyn Fenn, Detroit Mich, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks) 1965 Stephane Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess 1966 Donna Edmondson, Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986) 1967 Langston Hughes, poet/author 1968 Lisa Marie Presley Keough, (Elvis' daughter) 1970 Pauly Shore, comedian (Encino Man) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 011248 Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies 1294 Louis II, the Strong, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies 1328 Charles IV, the Schone, King of France (1322-28), dies 1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies 1691 Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 1691 George Ethereyou, English songwriter (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 1733 August II, the strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 1747 Jacobus E J Capitein, slave/vicar/merchant, dies 1832 Ecco Epkema, classic linguist (Fries/Oudfries), dies at 71 1851 Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley, writer (Frankenstein), dies at 53 1903 George G Stokes, British/naturalist/pres Royal Society, dies 1908 Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), killed by mob 1908 Luis Phillip, Crown Prince of Portugal, killed by mob 1910 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44 1944 Piet Mondriaan, painter, dies 1945 Johan Huizinga, culture historian (Homo ludens), dies 1954 Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/daily newspaper publisher, dies at 69 1957 Friedrich von Paul, German field marshall (Nederl./Stalingrad (66) 1957 Friedrich von Paul, German field marshall, dies at 66 1966 Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (general), dies 1966 Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75 1966 Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent 1968 Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US & Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57 1974 Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle 1975 Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62 1976 Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66 1976 Werner C Heisenberg, German physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies 1977 Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72 1979 Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60 1980 Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72 1983 Tullio Campagnolo, Itallian fiat manufacturer, dies 1986 Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 1987 Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82 1988 Heather O'Rourke, "Poltergeist" star, dies at 12 of intestinal ailment 1991 H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CPN), dies 1991 Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 01[Malaysia] Federal Territory Holiday (1974) [Nicaragua] Air Force Day [US] National Freedom Day [Switzerland] Homstrom-celebrates end of winter [Australia] Australia Day 1995 [China] New Years-Year of the Pig (4693) End of Sexageney Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 01107 [old RC] Commemoration of St Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, martyr 525 [RC] Commemoration of St Brigid of Kildar, Irish nun 1995 [Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn, 1415 AH; fast begins 1999 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5759 AM) 9963 [Christian] Shrove Tuesday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 01 National Freedom Day People's Day [Hawaii] Pepeluali NFL Pro Ball (Aloha Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii) 0219 Astrological sign: Aquarius 772 Adrian I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1709 Alexander Selkirk [Robinson Crusoe] rescued from Juan Fernandez 1783 William Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1788 1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet 1790 Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC) 1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen 1810 1st insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila) 1810 Seville, Spain surrenders to French 1810 US Population: 7,239,881, Black population: 1,377,808 (19%) 1814 Lord Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication 1814 Volcano Mayon on Luzon Phillipines erupts killing 1,200 1840 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated 1846 Thphile Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation 1860 1st rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC 1861 Texas becomes 7th state to secede 1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic" 1864 -Feb 8th) Battle of Yazoo River, MS 1865 13th amendment approved (National Freedom Day) 1865 General Sherman's march through South Carolina begins 1865 JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar 1867 Bricklayers start working 8-hour days 1881 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri authorized 1893 Opera "Manon Lescaut" is produced (Turin) 1893 Thomas Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ) 1896 Opera "La Boheme" is produced (Turin) 1898 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co 1902 China's emperorin Tzoe-hsi forbids binding woman's feet 1906 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas 1909 US Assay Office in Salt Lake City, Utah opens 1914 NY Giants & Chic White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed 1914 Tanganyika Railway opens 1916 H Thiele discovers asteroid #1847 Stobbe 1918 Russia adopts Gregorians calender (becomes Feb 14) 1920 1st commercial armored car introduced, St Paul, Minn 1923 Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel 1923 Fascists Free Will Militia forms in Italy under Mussolini 1924 Amsterdam's Netherland Press Museum opens 1924 New British MacDonald govt recognizes USSR 1925 1st national conference of KPD's Rotfrontkmpferbund in Berlin 1926 Kirghiz Autonomous Region in RSFSR becomes Kirghiz ASSR 1926 Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1929 1st clean & jerk of 400 lbs (182 kg), Charles Rigoulet, 402« lbs 1933 Colonial govt arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname 1934 Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss desolves all political parties but his 1935 James T Farrell finishes his "Studs Lonigan" trilogy 1937 Stapleton, Staten Island becomes a customs-free port 1940 Russia begins new offensive against Finland 1942 Gen von Paulus (Stalingrad) surrenders to Russian troops) 1943 German occupiers make Vidkun Quisling Norwegian premier 1943 Mussert directs NSB-shadow cabinet 1944 US 7th Infantry/25th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur 1944 Upper state Soviet enlarges autonomist soviet republic 1945 US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie 1946 Hungary proclaims Zolt n Tildy as communist president 1946 Republic Hungary proclaims Zolt n Tildy as communist president 1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN 1946 republic Hungary proclaimed/forms (Zolt n Tildy as president chosen 1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian cabinet of christian-democrats 1947 Aleide the Gasperi forms Italian cabinet of christian-democrats/commun 1948 Federation Malaysia formed/shaped out 9 sultanate 1948 Federation Malaysia forms from 9 sultanates 1948 Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed 1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used 1950 USSR asks condemnation emperor Hirohito because of war crimes 1950 USSR condemns Emperor Hirohito of war crimes 1950 Urko Kekkonen to president of Finland chosen 1950 Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland 1951 -50ø F (-46ø C), Gavilan, New Mexico (state record) 1951 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated 1951 1st telecast of atomic explosion 1951 Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed 1951 Alfred Krupp & 28 other German war criminals freed 1951 UN condemns People's Republic of China as agressor in Korea 1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia 1953 "General Electric Theater" premiers on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts 1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premiers on CBS television 1953 Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire 1954 Soap opera "Secret Storm" premiers 1956 WSAV TV channel 3 in Savannah, GA (NBC) begins broadcasting 1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline 1957 Gsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1958 1st US satellite (Explorer I) launched 1958 Egypt & Syria announce plans to merge into United Arab Republic 1958 WFTV TV channel 9 in Orlando, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1959 Lowell Observatory discovers asteroid #2847 1959 Swiss males vote against voting rights for women 1959 Texas Instruments gets patent on IC, Integrated Circuit 1959 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth 1960 Black college students sit-in at segregated lunch counter in NC 1960 Extremely-rightward rebellion in Algeria 1961 1st full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful 1963 Nyasaland (now Malawi) becomes self-governing 1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks 1964 Suriname River dammed 1965 Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala 1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives 1969 WPGH TV channel 53 in Pittsburgh, PA (IND) begins broadcasting 1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die 1970 WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395) 1972 Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK 1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premiers on CBS TV 1975 1st successful Wash Cap penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 1975 Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot 1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premiers on ABC TV 1976 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce 1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives 1977 Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1979 Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 yrs in exile 1979 Patricia Hearst is released from a SF prison for bank robbery 1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System 1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run 1981 11th AFC-NFC pro bowl, NFC wins 21-7 1982 Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) 1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner 1984 Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, kidnapped in England (killed 0203) 1985 -61ø F (-52øC) at Maybell, Colorado: state record 1985 -69ø F (-56ø C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record) 1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH 1986 Singer Diana Ross marries Arne Naess in Switzerland 1987 163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze 1987 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit 1989 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion 1989 Princess Diane of England visits NYC 1991 Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die 1991 President F W de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws 1991 US Air & commuter jet collide at LA Airport killing 32 1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 mil) 1992 Denis Potvin's #5 becomes 1st number retired by NY Islanders Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0132nd day of the year with 333 days left (Numerology = 3) 1920 -2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1989 67øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0102/01/45 --- Saturday Night(Is The Loneliest Night Of --- Carle, Frankie 02/01/45 --- Little On The Lonely Side, A --- Carle, Frankie 02/01/45 --- I'm Beginning To See The Light --- James, Harry 02/01/64 --- She Loves You --- Beatles 02/01/64 --- California Sun --- Rivieras 02/01/69 --- I'm Living In Shame --- Supremes 02/01/75 --- Lady Marmalade --- Labelle, Patti 02/01/75 --- Don't Call Us, We'll Call You --- Sugarloaf 02/01/86 --- These Dreams --- Heart 02/01/92 --- Masterpiece --- Atlantic Starr 02/01/92 --- Remember The Time --- Jackson, Michael |
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