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412 St Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople 1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) 1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) 1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Vran, French general in America 1764 Joseph von Eybler, Austrian composer 1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline) 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1883 1813 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1872 1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC (Union), died in 1894 1819 John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist (Prerafaliet) 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General (Union Army), died in 1891 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler (Les Buveurs de Cendres) 1824 Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1861 1828 Jules Verne, France, pioneered sci-fi (From the Earth to the Moon) 1859 John H Been, Brielle archivist 1859 John H Leg, town's archivist of Brielle (Baasje & Witkop) 1883 Joseph A Schumpeter, Austrian/US economist/minister of finance 1885 Dame Edith Evans, England, actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield) 1886 Charlie Ruggles, LA Calif, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show) 1888 Matths Vermeulen, composer/music critic 1890 Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist, opponent of US colonialism 1891 Edgar Palm, Curaaian pianist/composer 1895 King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) 19-- Alice Kramden, fictional character on Honeymooners 19-- Julia Barr, Ft Wayne Ind, actress (Brooke-All My Children) 19-- Louis Giambalvo, Bkln NY, actor (Robert-Oh Madeline) 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer 1902 Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor (Glen or Glenda) 1906 Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopy) 1906 Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer 1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader (Jimmie Rodgers Show) 1920 Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest) 1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster 1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress (Alice-Honeymooners) 1925 Jack Lemmon, Boston Mass, actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing) 1925 Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian (Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76) 1927 John T Myers, (Rep-R-IN, 1967- ) 1930 Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun) 1930 Arlan Stangeland, (Rep-R-MN, 1977- ) 1930 Catherine Hardy, Carollton Ga, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952) 1931 James Dean, stage/film actor (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause) 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party (CDA) 1932 John Williams, Flushing, NY, composer/conductor (Boston Pops) 1933 Jack Larson, LA Calif, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman) 1934 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo) 1934 Nick Nolte, Omaha Nebr, actor (Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man) 1936 Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman (NY Yankees) 1939 Barry Mann, singer (Who put the Bump) 1940 Susan Clark, Ontario, actress (Katherine-Webster) 1940 Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline) 1941 Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist/vocalist (Circle Game, Urge For Going) 1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals) 1943 Creed Bratton, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later) 1946 Adolfo De La Parra, rocker (Canned Heat-Hot Money) 1946 Paul Wheatbread, rocker (Gary Puckett & Union Gap-Young Girl) 1949 Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers) 1949 Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964) 1950 Dan Seals, rocker (England Dan & John Ford Coley-Tell Her Hello) 1950 Michael Goodroe, bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1952 Hans of of the Lubbe, bassist/singer (Dike) 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate (1992) 1958 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, New Orleans, WWF Woman's Champ 1959 Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980) 1959 Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978) 1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing (Minn North Stars, Wash Caps) 1961 Vince Neil, Calif, rock vocalist (Mtley Cre-Girls Girls Girls) 1965 Mathilda May, Paris France, actress (Lifeforce) 1966 Gary Coleman, Zion Ill, actor (Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes) 1967 Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing (Wash Caps) 1981 Tommy Michaels, Staten Island NY, actor (Timmy Hutton-All My Children) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 081124 Stefanus van Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies 1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies 1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curaao & Bonaire), dies 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded 1611 John H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies 1725 Peter I Aleksejevitsj, the Great, Russian tsar (Zaandam), dies at 52 1740 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40), dies at 87 1824 Rhijnvis Feith, mayor/writer (Zwolle), dies at 71 1874 David F Strauss, German theologist, dies 1878 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies 1921 Pjotr A Kropotkin, Russian ruler/anarchist, dies at 78 1924 Gee John, US mobster (1st executed in gas chamber (Nevada), dies 1935 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies 1937 Scato Gocko de Vries, paleographer/librarian, dies 1942 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister (Organization Todt), dies at 50 1954 Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73 1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 1963 Abdul Karim Kassem, PM of Iraq (1958-63), assassinate in Baghdad at 48 1963 George Dolenz, actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 55 1963 Kassem, premier of Iraq, killed by military coup 1968 J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies 1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (supernova), dies at 75 1982 John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76 1985 Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire) dies at 71 1985 Tom Greenway, actor dies of a heart attack at 75 1987 Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies 1989 Mauritius Mok, writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies 1990 Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 55 1993 Casper Van Der Berg, poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies 1993 Douglas Heyes Sr, [Matthew Howard], US playwright, dies 1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82 1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 08[Iraq] Ramadan Revolution [Norway] Narvik Sun Pageant Day [World] Boy Scouts Day (1910) 1997 [China] New Years-Year of Ox (4695) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 08[Christian] Feast of Bl Jacoba (Bl Jacqueline) [Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February) 1213 [RC] Comm of St John of Matha, confessor/ransomer of captives 1537 [RC] Memorial of St Jerome Emiliani (opt) 2001 [Jewish] Tu B'Shevat-Arbor Day (Shevat 15, 5760 AM) Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 08 [Ancient Rome] a d vj Id Feb 1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1690 French troops set indian settlement in Schenectady NY on fire 1735 1st US opera performance in Charleston SC (Colley Cibbers "Flora") 1750 Minor earthquake in London 1807 Napoleon defeats Russians in battle of Eylau 1837 1st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin) 1856 J Chacornac discovers asteroid #39 Laetitia 1861 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala 1862 Battle of Roanoke Island, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound 1862 Opera "Lily of Killarney" is produced (London) 1865 1st black major in US army, Martin Robinson Delany 1865 Martin R Delany becomes 1st black major in US army 1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #183 Istria 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen 1887 Congress passes Dawes Act, a homestead act for Indians 1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1889 A Charlois discovers asteroid #283 Emma 1894 Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks 1904 Outbreak of hostilities in Russo-Japanese war 1907 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #636 Erika 1910 Boy Scouts of America incorporated 1911 US helps overthrow Pres Miguel D vila of Honduras 1912 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla 1914 General Zamon becomes president of Haiti 1915 "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in LA 1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #816 Juliana 1920 Swiss men vote against women's suffrage 1921 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #947 Monterosa 1922 Radio arrives at the White House 1923 Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120 1923 Germany: NSDAP Vlkischer Beobachter newspaper becomes a daily 1925 Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta 1926 Germany questions its membership in League of Nations 1926 Sean O'Casey's "Plough & Stars" opens at Abbey Theatre Dublin 1926 Walt Disney Studios formed 1927 Belgian-Swiss treaty signed 1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1154 Astronomia 1928 1st transatlantic TV image received, Hartsdale, NY 1928 Scottish inventor J Blaird demonstrates color-TV 1929 KOY-AM in Phoenix Arizona begins radio transmissions 1931 Gas explosion Fire in Fushun-coal mine, Manchuria kills 3,000 1933 -23ø F (-31ø C), Seminole, Texas (state record) 1934 Export-Import Bank organizes in Washington, DC 1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minn 1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1936 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party 1943 Red army recaptures Koersk 1944 1st black reporter accredited to White House, Harry McAlpin 1945 Allies air attack Goch/Kleef/Kalkar 1946 Premier Salazar of Portugal forbids opposition parties 1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting 1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty gets lifelong sentence 1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins 1955 Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him 1957 SF Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall 1958 Edgar Whitehead follows Garfield Todd as premier of South Rhodesia 1958 French planes bomb Sakiet Tunisia, 75 die 1958 KIRO TV channel 7 in Seattle, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1960 Boston Celtic Bill Russell becomes 1st NBAer with 50 rebounds (51) 1960 Congress begins looking into payola 1962 KACB TV channel 3 in San Angelo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1963 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist) 1963 Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs 1965 Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic off Jones Beach NJ, kills 84 1965 Supremes release "Stop In the Name of Love" 1967 French Diadme D-1C satellite launches into Earth orbit 1967 Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games) 1967 Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down 1968 Officers kill 3 students demonstrating in SC State (Orangeburg) 1969 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post 1969 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mxico 1974 Ringo releases "You're 16" 1974 Skylab 4's astronauts land 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run 1975 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea 1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders 1976 Largest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs Wash-21,130) 1977 Earthquake in SF, at 5.0, strongest since 1966 1977 Hustler publisher Larry Flynt sentenced due to 1978 Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes PM of Kuwait 1981 N G Thomas discovers asteroids #2556 Louise & #2764 Moeller 1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days 1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall Univ, makes a 92' 5¬" basketball shot 1986 5' 7" Spud Webb of Atlanta Hawks wins NBA Slam Dunk Competition 1988 NASA launches DOD-2 1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles 1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die 1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract 1992 16th Olympic Winter games opens in Albertville, France 1992 Ulysses spacecreft passes Jupiter 1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0839th day of the year with 326 days left (Numerology = 1) 1934 -7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1965 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0802/08/45 --- Saturday Night(Is The Loneliest Night In --- Sinatra, Frank 02/08/52 --- Blacksmith Blues --- Morse, Ella Mae 02/08/52 --- Wheel Of Fortune --- Starr, Kay 02/08/60 --- Baby (You've Got What It Takes) --- Benton, Brook 02/08/60 --- Forever --- Little Dippers 02/08/60 --- Wild One --- Rydell, Bobby 02/08/64 --- Stop & Think It Over --- Dale & Grace 02/08/64 --- Dawn (Go Away) --- Four Seasons 02/08/69 --- Proud Mary --- Creedence Clearwater Revival 02/08/69 --- Indian Giver --- Nineteen-Ten Fruitgum Co. 02/08/69 --- This Girl's In Love With You --- Warwick, Dionne 02/08/75 --- Express --- B.T. Express 02/08/75 --- Have You Never Been Mellow --- Newton-John, Olivia 02/08/75 --- Poetry Man --- Snow, Phoebe 02/08/86 --- Nikita --- John, Elton 02/08/92 --- Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) --- Mint Condition |
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