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1626 Marie de S‚vign‚, Paris, letter-writer (Portrait in Letters) 1723 John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence 1744 John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist 1770 Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, minerologist/geologist (Tertiary) 1778 Robert Peel, British PM (1834-46), founded Tories 1804 Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland, poet 1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine (oldest chess mag) 1837 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) 1840 Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle) 1840 John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire) 1848 Belle Starr, outlaw (wild west) 1848 Joris-Karl Huysmans, France, writer (Against the Grain) 1860 Jackson Showalter, 1st US chess champion (1888-92, 1895-97, 1906-0?) 1866 Henri [Hendrik J] Hall, comic 1871 Jovan Ducic, Swedish poet (Blauwe Legend) 1878 Andr‚-Gustave Citro‰n, France, auto maker 1891 Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbeld) 1897 Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO 19-- Duff McKagan, rocker (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child of Mine) 19-- Jason Bieler, rock guitarist (Saigon Kick-New World) 19-- Tommy Skeoch, rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)= 1900 Adlai E Stevenson, (Gov-D-Ill), pres candidate (D) (1952, 1956) 1903 Ivan Galamian, Tabriz Persia, violinist 1903 Joan Whitney Payson, owner (NY Mets & horse stables) 1903 Nathaniel Owings, Indianapolis, architect (Oak Ridge, TN; Sears) 1906 John Carradine, Greenwich Village NY, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Howling) 1907 Jan Klaasesz, governor Suriname (1949-56) 1907 Norton Simon, business executive (Simon & Schuster) 1907 Pierre E J Pflimlin, premier France 1912 Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman) 1914 Alan Hodgkin, British physicist 1914 William S Burroughs, St Louis, novelist (Naked Lunch) 1915 Robert Hofstadter, US atomic physicist 1917 Zsa Zsa Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Queen of Outer Space) 1919 Melina Mercuri, actress (Never on a Sunday) 1919 Red Buttons, [Aaron Chwatt], Bronx NYC, comedian/actor (Sayonara) 1921 John M Pritchard, London England, conductor 1922 Bernard Kalb, State Dept spokesman 1926 Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, publisher (NY Times) 1927 Fall Dufour, US, (actor?) 1927 Robert Brown, Herbrides Is, actor (Here Comes the Brides, Primus) 1929 Fred Sinowatz (SP™), Neufeld an der Leitha, chancellor of Austria 1933 J”rn Donner, Helsinki Finland, director (Anna, Tenderness) 1933 Nick Georgiade, NYC, actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run) 1934 Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP) 1937 Cocky van Oost, [Kommertje van Vliet], dancer (Sylphides) 1937 Gaston Roelants, Belgium, world cross-country champion 1937 Stuart Damon, Bkln NY, actor (Alan Quartermaine-General Hospital) 1938 Dick of Niehoff, singer (Fouryo) 1938 John Guare, US writer 1939 Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book) 1941 Barrett Strong, Detroit, singer (Money, That's What I Want) 1941 David Selby, Morgantown WV, actor (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road) 1941 Stephen J Cannell, producer (Rockford Files) 1942 Cory Wells, rock vocalist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1942 Roger Staubach, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys) 1943 Charles Winfield, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel) 1943 Craig Morton, Flint Mich, NFL quarterback (Dallas, Denver) 1943 Larry Tamblyn, rocker (Standells-Dirty Water) 1944 Al Kooper, rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1946 Charlotte Rampling, England, actress (Zardoz, Night Porter, Verdict) 1947 Mary L Cleave, Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61B, STS-30) 1948 Barbara Hershey, Atlanta Ga, (Stuntman, Shy People, World Apart) 1948 Christopher Guest, actor (SNL, This is Spinal Tap, Princess Bride) 1948 David Denny, rock guitarist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) 1948 Elco [LC] Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC (CDA) 1951 Elizabeth Swados, US, composer/playwright (1972 TONY) 1955 Debra Jo Fondren, Los Angeles Cal, playmate of year (September, 1977) 1957 Craig Wilson, Beeville TX, US water polo goalie (Olym-silver-84, 88) 1965 Ben Lee, Rangoon Burma, US badminton player (Olympic-92) 1969 Bobby Brown, singer (Ghostbusters, Don't Be Cruel) 1971 Marcus Redman, actor (Raymond-Doogie Howser) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 0545 -BC- Cato, Roman patriot & philosopher, commits suicide 1578 Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies 1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 1679 Joost van den Vondel, poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies 1822 Ali pasja van Janina, (Napoleon/Lord Byron), dies 1881 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 1888 Anton Mauve, painter/cousin of Vincent of Gogh, dies at 49 1897 Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 1911 Petrus A Cronj‚, Transvaal Boer general, dies 1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 1937 Lou [Andreas-]Salom‚, Russian/German author (That Eroticism), dies 1943 H Seyffardt, Lt-Gen/NSB-"minister", killed by resistance 1943 Wim Gertenbach, printer of opposition newspaper [Slogan], dies 1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal men), dies at 79 1948 Johann Blaskowitz, German gen (surrendered to Wageningen), dies 1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 1958 Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies 1961 Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 1967 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 1968 Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36 1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 1972 Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84 1973 L C William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1978 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, historical (Omzien), dies at 83 1978 French van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies 1981 Barend Barendse, sportscaster, dies 1981 Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75 1982 Dolores Maran, actress, dies at 56 1982 Neil Aggett, South african worker's union leader, commits suicide 1982 Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi (doodvonnis), dies 1983 Derk Roemers, union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67 1991 Dean Jagger, US actor (Mr Novak. Rawhide, Oscar), dies 1991 Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies 1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director (All about Eve) Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 05[Finland] Runeberg Day (1804) [Japan] Japanese Martyrs Day (26 martyrs-1597) [M‚xico] Constitution Day (1857 & 1917) [Roman calendar] Nonae Februarius [San Marino] Liberation Day [Tanzania] Birth of Afro Shirazi Party [Switzerland] Homstrom-celebrates end of winter [World] Boy Scouts Day (1910) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 05[Baptist] Roger Williams Day 251 [RC] Memorial of St Agatha, virgin/martyr 1550 [RC] Commemoration of St Jeanne de Valois, French foundress 1597 [Ang, Luth] Commemoration of 26 martyrs of Japan killed by Tagosama 1597 [old RC] Feast of St Philip of Jesus, 1st Christian martyr in Japan 1996 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Shevat 15, 5756 AM) 1997 [Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadƒn 27, 1417 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 05 Italian & French dates are Old Style to 1582, New Style thereafter [Ancient Rome] Non‘ Februarius; Non‘ Feb NFL Pro Ball (Aloha Bowl, Honolulu Hawaii) 0210 Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant near î Aurigae 1428 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversive sermons 1488 Roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught 1576 Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours 1631 Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England 1644 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut 1663 Earthquake in Canada 1736 Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia 1777 Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail & primogeniture 1778 Articles of Confederation ratified by 1st state, South Carolina 1782 Spanish take Minorca (western Mediterranean) from English 1783 Sweden recognizes US independence 1816 Opera "Barber of Seville" is presented (Rome) 1817 1st US gas co incorporated, Baltimore (coal gas for street lights) 1825 Hannah Lord Montague of NY creates 1st detachable collar 1846 1st US newspaper published on Pacific Coast, Oregon Spectator 1850 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY 1850 Push key adding machine patented 1861 Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia 1861 Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress 1861 Peep show machine patented by Samuel Goodale of Cincinnati 1864 Federals occupy Jackson, Mississippi 1865 Battle of Hatcher's Run, VA (Armstrong's Mill, Dabney's Mill) 1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia 1873 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #129 Antigone 1877 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #172 Baucis 1881 Phoenix, Az incorporates 1887 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy 1887 Opera "Otello" is produced (Milan) 1887 Snow falls on SF 1897 Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel 1901 Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot 1917 Congress overrides Wilson's veto, curtailing Asian immigration 1917 Present Mexican constitution adopted 1918 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W Thompson 1918 Seperation of church & state begins in USSR 1921 Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium 1923 General mine strike against wage cuts in Saar 1923 Mass arrests of socialists & communists in Italy 1929 Jimmy Hatlo's "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoon debuts in SF 1929 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1106 Cydonia, #1109 Tata & #1346 Gotha 1931 Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US women to earn a glider pilot license 1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #2897 Ole Romer, #3263 & #3426 Seki 1932 R Schorr discovers asteroid #1240 Centenaria 1934 Reinmuth discovers asteroids #2346 Lilio, #2444 Lederle, #2957 & #3707 1937 FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, "court packing" plan failed 1940 Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander 1940 Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction" 1941 Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands 1943 Clandestine Radio Atlantiksender, Germany, 1st transmission 1945 Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) 1947 Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland 1948 "Nature of Things" science show premiers on NBC prime time 1948 Dick Button becomes 1st US figure skating Olympic champion 1948 Gretchen Fraser becomes 1st US woman Olympic slalom champion 1949 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic 1953 Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" released 1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Pierre Mends France ends term as premier of France 1958 Clifton R Wharton confirmed as 1st US black foreign minister (Romania) 1958 Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic 1958 Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km 1962 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria's independence 1962 Suit to bar Englewood NJ from "racical segregated" schools, filed 1962 Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16ø 1963 Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars 1963 Soviet lunar probe failure 1966 BBC opens a relay radio station on Ascension Island 1967 "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premiers on CBS (later ABC, NBC) 1967 Anastasio Somoza becomes president of Nicaragua 1967 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren 1968 KDTV TV channel 39 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins broadcasting 1969 US population reaches 200 million 1969 Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm & head coach of Redskins 1970 WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting 1972 US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage 1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for 25 murders 1974 Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win 1974 US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure 1977 General Mills Adventure Theater premiers on CBS radio 1977 Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight 1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1979 Sears Radio Theater premiers on CBS 1981 Milt jury in NC convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy 1982 DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people 1982 Laker Airways collapes owing œ270M ($351M) 1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial 1984 E Bowell disc asteroid #3486 Fulchignoni, #3526 Jeffbell & #3590 Holst 1986 Corazon Aquino & Ferdinand Marcos appear on "Nightline" 1987 Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time 1988 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs-Andre beats Hulk Hogan 1988 Panamanian Gen Manuel Noriega indicted by US grant jury for drugs 1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 05øF highest temperature for this date in NYC øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 36th day of the year with 329 days left (Numerology = 7) Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0502/05/55 --- Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) --- Como, Perry 02/05/55 --- Crazy Otto, The --- Maddox, Johnny 02/05/66 --- California Dreamin' --- Mamas & The Papas 02/05/66 --- These Boots Are Made For Walkin' --- Sinatra, Nancy 02/05/72 --- Everything I Own --- Bread 02/05/72 --- Sweet Seasons --- King, Carole 02/05/77 --- Rich Girl --- Hall & Oates 02/05/83 --- One On One --- Hall & Oates 02/05/83 --- Seperate Ways (Worlds Apart) --- Journey |
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