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1502 Damiao de Gois, Portuguese humanist scholar 1600 Gabriel Naud, France, librarian (Mazarin Library) 1641 Claude de la Colombire, French jesuiet/writer/royal chaplain 1641 Claude the la Colombire, French jezuet/writer/royal chaplain/zalige 1649 Benedict XIII, [Pierfrancesco Orsini], Italy, 245th pope (1724-30) 1650 Nell [Eleanor] Gwyn, English actress/mistress of King Charles II 1754 Charles de Talleyrand, French statesman 1780 Johannes van den Bosch, gov-gen (Neth East Indies) 1802 Jean-Baptiste JD Boussingault, French chemist 1803 Albert Sidney Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1862 1815 Nathaniel Collins McLean, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1817 John Glover, English chemist (sulfuric acid) 1820 Hans E Schack, Danish politician/writer (Phantasterne) 1827 Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1835 Luigi Manzotti, Milano, ballet choreographer 1850 Carel V Gerritsen, free thinker 1852 Hmid Abdlhak, Istanbul, Turkish romantic poet/playwright 1857 John Six, art historian/art collector 1859 Havelock Ellis, US physician/sexologist (Psychology of Sex) 1861 Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22) 1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC) 1873 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, operatta composer (Dollar Princess) 1875 Fritz Kreisler, Vienna Austria, violinist/composer 1878 Christian Gauss, educator/writer (Phi Beta Kappa award namesake) 1881 Karl Frederick, pistol champ (Olympic-gold-1920) 1882 James Joyce, Ire, novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake) 1882 James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold) 1884 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish rep army 1884 S Z Sakall, Budapest Hungary, actor (Dolly Sisters, Casablanca) 1885 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian opera singer (NY Met) 1890 Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China) 1891 Antonio Segni, premier Italy 1891 Frank Foyston, NHL Hall of Famer (Seattle) 1895 George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL 1899 Benny Rubin, Boston Mass, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show) 19-- Greg Antonacci, NYC, actor (Vinnie-Busting Loose) 19-- Michael Weiss, Chicago, actor (Michael Horton-Days of our Lives) 19-- Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow) 1900 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Springfield Ohio, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65) 1901 Connie Gilchrist, Bkln NY, actress (Cry Havoc, Letter to 3 Wives) 1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, US violin virtuoso 1903 Frank McGrath, Mound City Mo, actor (Wagon Train) 1905 Ayn Rand, writer (Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead) 1907 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuania, poet/editor/critic 1908 Cal Tinney, Okla, comedian (Stop Me If You Heard This One) 1908 Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, swimmer/actor (Olympic-gold-1932) 1908 Renzo Rossellini, Italian composer 1909 Franc Albertson, US, actor (Psycho, Alice Adams) 1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer 1911 Johan J "Jussi" Bjrling, Swedish tenor 1912 Burton Lane, broadway composer (Finian's Rainbow) 1912 Stefan Schnabel, German actor? 1919 Allie Reynolds, NY Yankee pitcher (1952 AL ERA leader (2.07)) 1919 Lisa Debeljevic-della Casa, Swiss singer 1920 An Wang, founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers) 1923 Al "Red" Schoendienst, baseball manager/2nd baseman (St Louis Cards) 1923 Bonita Granville, NYC, actress (Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger) 1923 James Dickey, author/actor (Deliverance) 1923 Liz Smith, Ft Worth Tx, gossip columnist (NY Daily News, NBC-TV) 1923 Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smith, Tx, journlist/author (WNBC, NY Daily News) 1926 Elaine Stritch, Detroit Mich, actress (My Sister Eileen, Company) 1926 Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua) 1926 Valry Giscard d'Estaing, pres of France (1974-81) 1926 Valry Giscard d'estaing, president France 1926 Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress (This is Music, Paul Dixon Show) 1927 Friedrich K Flick, German industrialist 1927 Richard Ray, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- ) 1927 Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey) 1928 Howard Caine, Nashville Tn, actor (Californians) 1928 Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, PM of Italy (1988- ) 1931 Andreas van Agt, Dutch premier (CDA) 1932 Robert Mandan, Clever Mo, actor (Chester-Soap, James-3's a Crowd) 1937 Martina Arroyo, NYC, opera soprano (NY Met) 1937 Tom Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brother Show, Serial) 1940 Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter) 1940 Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs) 1942 Bo Hopkins, Greenville SC, actor (Dynasty, Doc Elliot, Rockford Files) 1942 Graham Nash, rocker (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross) 1944 Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London) 1944 Katherine Crawford, LA Calif, actress (Gemini Man, Captains & Kings) 1944 Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC) 1946 Farrah Fawcett-Major, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed) 1947 Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) 1947 Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) 1948 Alan McKay, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Boogie Wonderland) 1948 Tony DeMeur, rocker (Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge) 1949 Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch singer (Mai Tai) 1949 Ross Valory, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms) 1949 Tom Tripplehorn, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring) 1951 Kim Zimmer, Mich, actress (Guiding Light, Doctors, One Life to Live) 1954 Christie Brinkley, [Mrs Billy Joel], model/actress (SI, Vacation) 1955 Brent Spiner, actor (Data-Star Trek the Next Generation) 1955 Michael Talbott, Waverly Iowa, actor (Stan-Miami Vice) 1958 Dexter Manley, NFLer (Wash Redskins) 1958 Holly Hunter, Conyers Ga, actress (Broadcast News, Once Around) 1973 Sergio Gonzalez, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 021435 Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61 1594 Giovanni P da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68 1660 Govert Flinck, painter (Isaac blessed Jacob), dies 1685 Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies 1723 Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66 1769 Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75 1836 M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino ("Madame Mre"), dies at 85 1881 Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies 1907 Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72 1918 John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59 1929 Albert Steinrck, German actor, dies 1931 Theodor Batthy nyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71 1945 Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60 1957 Valry Larbaud, French author/novelist/writer (Amants), dies at 75 1965 Richard P Blackmur, US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies 1969 Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies 1969 Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83 1970 Bertrand Russell, philosopher, MP, dies at 99 in Merioneth 1978 Wendy Barrie, hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65 1979 Sid Vicious, musician (Sex Pistols), dies of a heroin overdose 1980 William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies 1981 Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88 1982 Stringfellow Barr, US theorist (100 Great Books), dies at 85 1987 Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78 1988 Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51 1988 G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit 1989 John Cassavetes, US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies 1992 Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77 1992 Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies 1993 Franois Reichenbach, French director (L'Amrique Isolate), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 02[US] Groundhog Day (To ski or not to ski) [Switzerland] Homstrom-celebrates end of winter Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 02[Ang, RC, Luth, Cong] Candlemas (Presentation or Purification) [Christian] Feast of St Cornelius [Liechtenstein, Vatican] Candlemas/Feast of Presentation of Jesus [Witch] Imbolg sabbat 1640 [RC] Commemoration of St Jeanne de Lestonnac, French foundress Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 02 [Ancient Rome] Caput Nonarum in Roman calendar (a d iv Non Feb) [Scotland] Term Day (quarterly rents due today) NFL Pro Ball (Aloha Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii) 506 king Alarik II of Visigoten delegates Lex Romania Visigothorum out 1119 Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II 1461 2nd battle of St Alban's-Lancastrians defeat Yorkists 1536 Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires 1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city (later NYC) 1798 Federal St Theater, Boston, becomes 1st in US destroyed by fire 1802 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25) 1811 Russian settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF 1823 Rossini's opera "Semiramide" premiers in Venice 1829 Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 damage 1843 US & British settlers in Oregon Country choose govtal committee 1848 1st shipload of Chinese arrive in SF 1854 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On persecution of Armenians" 1863 Samuel Clemens becomes Mark Twain for 1st time 1864 -Oct 7th) Cruise of CSS Florida 1869 James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade 1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum 1870 Mark Twain, 34, marries Olivia Langdon in Elmira, NY 1878 Cottenot discovers asteroid #181 Eucharis 1880 SS Strathleven arrives in London with 1st Australian frozen mutton 1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter, Baltimore 1893 1st movie close-up (of a sneeze), Edison studio, West Orange, NJ 1894 US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island 1900 Opera "Louise" is produced (Paris) 1901 Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization 1906 Pope encyclical against seperation of church & state 1909 Italian writer Marinetti publishes Futurist Manifest in Paris 1910 M Wolf discovers asteroid #330 Adalberta 1912 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe) 1913 NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe 1913 NYC's Grand Central Terminal opens 1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #815 Coppelia 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #888 Parysatis 1919 Monarchy ends in Portugal 1920 Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace) 1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory 1922 James Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies) 1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio 1923 US signs friendships treaty with Central American countries 1924 International Ski Federation (FIS) forms 1925 Belgian episcopal rejects liberalism, communism & socialism 1925 Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km 1926 3 men dance Charleston for 22« hours 1931 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria) 1932 Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia) 1932 Geneva disarmament conference begins with 60 countries 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corp organized 1933 2 days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler disolves Parliament 1933 Ucicky's "Rotten Morning" premiers in Berlin 1934 Bishops warn against fascism/nazism 1935 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage Wisc 1942 LA Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans 1942 US auto factories switch from commercial to war production 1943 German 6th Army surrenders at Stalingrad, turning point of WW II 1944 4th US marine division conquerors Roi, Marshall Islands 1945 Escape attempt at Mauthausen concentration camp 1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program 1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident 1951 -35ø F (-37ø C), Greenburg, Indiana (state record) 1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game 1954 Snow falls on Gibraltar 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC 1957 Liz Taylor's 3rd marriage (Mike Todd) 1957 UN adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt 1958 Syria joins Egypt in United Arab Republic 1958 WRIK (now WLUZ) TV channel 7 in Ponce, PR (PTC) begins broadcasting 1959 Buddy Holly's last performance 1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers 1960 Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building 1962 1st pole vault over 16' (4.88 m) (John Uelses-16¬', Milrose Games) 1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years 1962 John Uelses pole vaults 488 cm 1963 Helen Shapiro begins tour (Beatles are part of undercard) 1964 Sjoukje Dkstra wins Olympic gold for speed skating 1967 Bolivia adopts its constitution 1967 Formation of American Basketball Association is announced 1969 KMST TV channel 46 in Monterey-Salinas, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points 1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become leader of Uganda 1973 James R Schlesinger becomes director of CIA (until July) 1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary" 1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641) 1975 Harvard College discovers asteroid #1940 Whipple 1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer 1977 Toronto's Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals, NHL REcord for a defenseman 1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premiers on NBC 1982 San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead 1986 Dalai Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India 1987 Philippines adopts constitution 1989 0ø F (-18ø C) or below in 15 US states 1989 FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader 1989 NL announces Yanks' broacaster Bill White will be 1st black president 1991 US postage is raised from 25 to 29 1992 NFC beats AFC 21-15 in pro bowl Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0233rd day of the year with 332 days left (Numerology = 4) 1881 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1988 59øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0202/02/51 --- Aba Daba Honeymoon --- Carpenter, Carleton 02/02/51 --- Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) --- Page, Patti 02/02/57 --- Who Needs You --- Four Lads 02/02/59 --- Tall Paul --- Annette 02/02/59 --- Petite Fleur (Little Flower) --- Barber, Chris 02/02/63 --- You're The Reason I'm Living --- Darin, Bobby 02/02/74 --- Dark Lady --- Cher 02/02/80 --- Desire --- Gibb, Andy 02/02/80 --- Second Time Around, The --- Shalamar 02/02/85 --- Relax --- Frankie Goes To Hollywood 02/02/85 --- Too Late For Goodbyes --- Lennon, Julian 02/02/85 --- Only The Young --- Journey 02/02/85 --- Lovergirl --- Marie, Teena 02/02/91 --- Iesha --- Another Bad Creation 02/02/91 --- Coming Out Of The Dark --- Estefan, Gloria 02/02/91 --- All This Time --- Sting |
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