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1575 Pierre de B‚rulle, French cardinal 1646 Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, poet 1688 Pierre De Marivaux, Paris France, writer (Marianne) 1693 George Lillo, bourgeois English dramatist (London Merchant) 1698 Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general 1747 Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, (NY Bridge) 1768 Maurits C van Hall, Minister of Heicop & Boeicop, lawyer/politician 1802 Mark Hopkins, US, educator/philosopher (Williams College) 1819 Joshua Norton, SF, Norton I, emperor of USA 1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1905 1841 Cl‚ment Ader, French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft) 1842 Georg Brandes, [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic 1849 Jean Richepin, French poet/writer (Les Chansons de Gueux) 1875 Ludwig Prandtl, Germany, physicist (father of aerodynamics) 1881 Fernand L‚ger, France, painter/ceramist/cubist (City) 1881 Kliment J Worosjilow, marshal/president USSR (1953-60) 1884 Julius Callewaert, Flemish dominican/bringing up children 1885 Cairine Ray Wilson, Montr‚al, 1st female Canadian senator (appointed) 1889 Walter Catlett, US actor (Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities) 1893 Bernard Rogers, NYC, composer (Warrior, Marriage of Aude, Passion) 1893 Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus) 1895 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, historian (Erflaters) 1895 Hanns [Johann] Rauter, German SS-lt-general/SS police chief in Neth 1897 Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU) 19-- Gil Rogers, Lexington Ky, actor (Hawk-Guiding Light, Doctors) 19-- Jeannie Wilson, Memphis Tenn, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy) 19-- Marie Masters, Cincinatti Oh, actress (Susan-As the World Turns) 19-- Stephanie Williams, actress (Young & Restless, Simone-Gen Hospital) 1900 Jacques Pr‚vert, France, poet/screenwriter (Paroles) 1902 Charles A Lindbergh, Detroit, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic) 1903 Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N) 1903 Frank Howley, Hampton NY, Brig General (Answers for Americans) 1904 MacKinlay Kantor, Webster City Iowa, novelist (Andersonville) 1905 Eddie Foy Jr, New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange) 1906 Clyde W Tombaugh, US, astronomer (discovered Pluto) 1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist (Friend Kirche) 1906 Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (champ-1933) 1908 Gordon Fraser, Lawrence Mass, newscaster (All Star News) 1909 Robert Coote, London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe) 1910 Uys Krige, South African playwright/novelist (Orphan of the Desert) 1912 Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945) 1912 Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor & banana eater 1913 Rosa Lee Parks, civil rights activist 1913 Woody Hayes, [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of yr) 1914 Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head) 1914 Ida Lupino, London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) 1915 William Talman, Detroit Mich, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason) 1918 Norman Wisdom, London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall) 1919 Frank van Klingeren, architect (Mooring Post, Dronten) 1921 Betty Friedan, Peoria Ill, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique) 1923 Conrad Bain, Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes) 1931 Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina 1932 Ivan Davis, Electra Tx, pianist 1935 Martti Talvela, Hiitola Karelia Finland, operatic basso 1936 Daan van Golden, sculptor 1936 Gary Conway, Boston Mass, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants) 1937 Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird) 1937 John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960) 1937 Magnar Solberg, Norway, 20K biathalete (Olympic-gold-1968, 72) 1938 Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- ) 1939 Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor 1939 John Schuck, Boston Mass, comedian (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo) 1939 Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86) 1941 John Steel, rock drummer (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) 1943 Cheryl Miller, Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Paula-Daktari, Born Free) 1944 Daniel A Mica, (Rep-D-FL, 1979- ) 1944 Florence LaRue Gordon, Penn, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell) 1945 David Brenner, Philadelphia, comedian/TV talk show host 1946 Mary Meyer, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-silver-1968) 1947 Sanford Bishop, (Rep-D-Georgia) 1948 Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier], Detroit, rocker (School's Out) 1948 Robert Coover, novelist (Pricksongs & Descants) 1948 Rod Grams, (Rep-R-Minnesota) 1949 Michael Beck, Memphis Tn, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust) 1950 Pamela Franklin, Tokyo Japan, actress (Satan's School for Girls) 1952 Jerry Shirley, rock drummer (Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It) 1952 Lisa Eichhorn, Reading, Pa, actress (Cutter's Way, Yanks) 1958 Mary Ann Pascal, actress (Samantha-Brothers) 1959 Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest line backer (NY Giants) 1959 Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela 1960 Pamelyn Ferdin, actress (Happy Birthday Wanda June, Tool Box Murders) 1961 Vern Fleming, LIC NY, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) 1962 Clint Black, country singer/husband of Lisa Hartman 1963 Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier (Olympic-gold-1988) 1963 Tracie Ruiz, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984) 1966 Marissa Laakso, Boston Mass, Miss Mass-America (1991) 1973 Oscar De La Hoya, Los Angeles Calif, US boxer (Olympic-gold-92) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 04708 Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope 708 (20 days), dies 1189 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1503 Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies 1505 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1640 Hendrick C Devout, seascape painter, dies 1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 1869 Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 1928 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist: L transformation/Nobel 1902), dies 1939 Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies 1939 Henri WA Deterding, oil magnate (Royal Oil/Shell), dies 1943 Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies 1957 Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1957 Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies 1958 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46 1965 U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 1966 Gilbert H Grosvenor, president Natl Geographic Society, dies at 90 1978 Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73 1982 Sue Carol, actress, dies at 73 of a heart attack 1983 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1983 Karen Carpenter, drummer/singer (Carpenters), dies at 32 1987 Liberace, pianist, dies at 67 Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 04[Angola] Outbreak of Fighting Against Portuguese [Sri Lanka] Independence Day (1948) [US] Kosciuszko Day [Switzerland] Homstrom-celebrates end of winter Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 04Feast of St Gilbert of Sempringham [Ang] Commemoration of Cornelius the Centurion 1373 [RC] Commem of St Andrew Corsini, bishop of Fiesole/confessor 1693 [RC] Commemoration of St John of Britto, Portuguese Jesuit Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 04 [Ancient Rome] Prid Non Feb NFL Pro Ball (Aloha Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii) 708 Sisinnius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 900 Louis III, crowned king of Germany 1508 Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned 1600 Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time outside of Prague 1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy) 1787 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London 1787 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails 1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as Pres & VP 1794 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery 1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000 1824 J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public 1846 Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west 1847 1st US telegraph co established in Maryland 1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students 1854 Alvan Bovay proposes name "Republican Party," Ripon, Wisc 1855 Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela 1858 H Goldschmidt discovers asteroid #52 Europa 1864 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax 1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed 1865 Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army 1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible 1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads 1888 A Charlois discovers asteroid #272 Antonia 1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago 1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines 1903 Montreal AAA beat Winn Victorias 2 games to 1 & 1 tie for Stanley Cup 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #1345 Potomac 1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim 1913 National Institute of Arts & Letters founded 1914 US Congres approves Burnett-anti-immigration law 1915 Experiments to find cause of pellagra begin at Miss Penitentiary 1920 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (1« months) 1922 WGY-AM in Schenectady NY begins radio transmissions 1924 1st winter Olympics close at Charmonix France 1924 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1017 Jacqueline 1926 Austrian chancellor Seipel wants to join with Germany 1927 KGA-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1929 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1664 Felix 1930 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans 1931 National League adopts a deader baseball 1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY 1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1239 Queteleta 1932 Japanese troop attack Harbin, Manchuria 1932 L Volta discovers asteroid #1238 Predappia 1933 Crew of "7 Provinces" mutiny after pay cuts (ends Feb 10th) 1934 Reinmuth disc asteroids 2824 Franke, 3219 Komaki, 3370 Kohsai & 3404 1936 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E) 1937 Jim Margie, Philadelphia, bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games 1938 Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts 1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort 1941 British Panzer division occupies Maus, Libi‰ 1941 Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin 1941 United Service Organization (USO) founded 1942 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US general wounded in action in WW II 1944 US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein 1945 FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta 1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK 1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia 1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY) 1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY) 1961 Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure 1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game 1964 Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax 1964 FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City 1966 All-Nippon Airways 727 crashes off Haneda Airport (Japan); kills 133 1967 US launches Lunar Orbiter 3 1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1969 41,163, then largest NBA crowd, watches doubleheader Cin-Det, SD-Bost 1969 John Madden is named head coach of NFL's Oakland Raiders 1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks 1971 Govt exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil 1971 National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington NC 1972 Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported 1973 Islanders & Sabres had a penality free game 1973 Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled 1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2« months 1974 Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army 1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria 1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras 1977 11 die in a elevated train crash in Chicago Ill 1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto Chicago st (11 die, 200 hurt) 1977 Wings release "Maybe I'm Amazed" 1982 Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash 1983 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3324 1984 "Backstage Magic" opens at CommuniCore 1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168m) Las Vegas 1985 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture 1985 Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell NZ of nuclear weapons 1987 Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; 1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges 1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered in Cairo 1990 Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04) 1990 Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69) 1991 US postage raises from 25› to 29› 1993 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0435th day of the year with 330 days left (Numerology = 6) 1918 0øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1991 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0402/04/43 --- It Started All Over Again --- Dorsey, Tommy 02/04/43 --- You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To --- Shore, Dinah 02/04/49 --- Red Roses For A Blue Lady --- Lombardo, Guy 02/04/49 --- I Love You So Much It Hurts --- Mills Brothers 02/04/56 --- I'll Be Home --- Boone, Pat 02/04/67 --- Ruby Tuesday --- Rolling Stones 02/04/67 --- Love Is Here And Now You're Gone --- Supremes 02/04/78 --- Lay Down Sally --- Clapton, Eric 02/04/84 --- Here Comes The Rain Again --- Eurythmics 02/04/84 --- Got A Hold On Me --- McVie, Christine 02/04/89 --- You're Not Alone --- Chicago 02/04/89 --- Girl You Know It's True --- Milli Vanilli |
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