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1404 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor 1772 Frans Mikael Franzn, Finnish-Swedish poet (Abo) 1773 William Henry Harrison, Va, (Whigs) 9th Pres (March 4-April 4, 1841) 1775 Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungary, mathematician (parallel axiom) 1814 Samuel Jones Tilden, philanthropist for NY Public Library 1826 John Alexander Logan, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1830 Abdl Aziz, Istanbul, Ottoman sultan (1861-76) 1846 Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer, designer of 1st Mercedes 1853 Leander Starr Jameson, PM of South African Cape colony 1854 Aletta [Henritte] Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician 1857 John T, the Fisherman, theologist/Dutch 1st minister of Education 1865 Erich von Drygalski, Germany, geographer/glaciologist/Antarctic expl 1865 Mrs Patrick Campbell, England, actress (Sean O'Casey's mistress) 1866 George Ade, US, journalist, playwright, humorist (Fables in Slang) 1871 Franc S Finzgar, Slavic clergyman/writer (Our blood) 1871 Howard T Ricketts, US pathologist (studied typhus fever) 1874 Amy Lowell, US, critic/Imagist poet (Patterns) 1874 Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical producer/director/actor 1876 Alos Walgrave, Flemish writer/pastor (Ocean stand) 1876 Martin Stixrud, Norway, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1920) 1879 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist 1884 Frederik Gerretson, [Geerten Gossaert], poet/politician) 1885 Alban Berg, Vienna, Austria, a Lulu of a composer! 1887 Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) 1887 Vital Celen, Flemish writer (Puppy Love) 1889 Brian Donlevy, Irish actor (Dangerous Assignment, Beau Geste) 1890 Jacobus JP Auld, architect/co-founder (Stl) 1891 Pietro Nenni, Italy, socialist/minister of foreign affairs (1946-47) 1891 Ronald Colman, England, 1947 Acad Award actor (Tale of 2 Cities) 1892 Peggy Wood, Bkln NY, actress (One Life to Live, Mama) 1897 Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator 1899 Brian Donlevy, Portadown Ireland, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment) 19-- Alejandra Guzman, spanish entertainer 19-- Charles Shaughnessy, London, actor (Shane-Days of our Lives) 19-- Darren Dalton, actor (Chris-Best Times) 19-- Jm J Bullock, Casper Wyoming, actor (Monroe-Too Close for Comfort) 19-- Ronnie Claire Edwards, Okla City Ok, actress (Corabeth-Waltons) 1907 Aubrey "Dit" Clapper, NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins) 1908 Jackie Fields, US, featherweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924) 1909 Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69) 1909 Heather Angel, Oxford England, actress (Informer, Last of Mohicans) 1910 Jacques Monod, French biochemist 1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds) 1914 Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner 1914 Carmen Miranda, Brazil, singer/actress (Copacabana, Date With Judy) 1914 Ernest Tubb, Tx, guitarist/singer (I'm Walking the Floor over You) 1914 Gypsy Rose Lee, Seattle Wash, stripper (or 0109 or 0208) 1914 Ralph Herman, Milwaukee Wisc, orch leader (Circus Time) 1922 Jim Laker, British cricket bowler 1923 Brendan Behan, Ireland, author/poet (Hostage) 1923 Kathryn Grayson, US, singer/actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate) 1923 Norman E Shumway, Mich, pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon 1928 Roger Mudd, Wash DC, news ancher (CBS Weekend News, NBC Evening News) 1929 Bill Barrett, (Rep-R-Nebraska) 1934 John A Ziegler Jr, Grosse Pointe Mich, 4th NHL pres (1977-92) 1942 Carole King, [Klein], Brooklyn NY, pianist/singer (Tapestry) 1942 Peder Lunde Jr, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1960) 1943 James King, New Orleans LA, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968) 1943 Joe Pesci, Newark NJ, actor (Half Nelson, Goodfellas) 1943 Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964) 1943 Squire Fridell, Oakland Calif, actor (Rosetti & Ryan) 1944 Alice Walker, US, novelist (Color Purple, Meridian) 1945 Mia [Maria] Farrow, LA, actr (Rosemary's Baby, Purple Rose of Cairo) 1949 Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live) 1950 Andrew N Meltzoff, developmental psychologist 1950 Lloyd Weldon Keasor, Pumphrey Md, wrestler (Olympic-silver-1976) 1951 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration) 1951 Jay Inslee, (Rep-D-Washington) 1951 Penny Peyser, Irvington NY, actress (Rich Man Poor Man) 1953 Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut) 1956 Philip Jackson Ford Jr, NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 1960 Holly Johnson, vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) 1963 Travis Tritt, country singer 1965 Lennox Lewis, London England, Super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1988) 1966 James "Rachel" Bolan, Pt Pleasant NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love) 1971 Leroy "Satchel" Paige elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 091555 John Hooper, deprived Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy 1640 Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40), dies in Baghdad 1670 Frederik III, King of Denmark/Norway (1648-70), dies at 60 1811 Nevill Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies 1874 Jules Michelet, French historian (Lesson of Rvolution), dies 1906 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio 1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered 1936 Jacques Bainville, French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57 1945 George J L Maduro, Antillean poet (Dachau, Madurodam), dies 1948 Karl Valentin, German comic/writer, dies 1957 Miklos Horthy von Nagybanya, Hungarian regent (1920-44), dies 1960 Earnest von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82 1961 Grigory Levenfish, Intl chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 1964 Willie Bryant, singer (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 55 1966 Sophie Tucker, Russ/US singer/actress (My Yiddish Mama), dies 1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78 1973 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53 1975 Constantly Burniaux, Belg writer/art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies 1977 Gaus, an orangautan who lived to be 59 1978 Kimberly Leach, 12, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City, Fla 1981 Billy Haley, 1st rocker, dies at 55 1984 Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras 1984 Yuri Andropov, Soviet pres, in power only 15 months, dies at 69 1993 David Willis, British journalist (BBC World Service), dies at 54 1993 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 09There is a holiday which often falls on Feb 9 in Tampa, Florida called Gasparilla Day. It is a day where the city reenacts an invasion by pirates! Very cool! (Thanks to Annie Grusdis) [World] Boy Scouts Day (1910) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 09[Lebanon] St Maron Day [Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February) 249 [RC] Commemoration of St Apollonia, deaconess/martyr 444 [Old RC] Commem of St Cyril of Alexandria, bp/confessor/doctor 1910 [RC] Commemoration of St Miguel Febres Cordero, Ecuadoran monk 1997 [Christian] Shrove (Quinquagesima) Sunday 1997 [Moslem] 'Id al-Fitr-end of Ramadn fast (Shawwl 1, 1417 AH) Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 09 [Ancient Rome] a d v Id Feb 1267 Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps 1621 Alexander Ludovisi is elected Pope Gregory XV (-1623) 1674 English reconquer NY from Netherlands 1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgente off Nevis, W I 1822 American Indian Society organizes 1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president 1849 Roman Republic declared 1861 Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA 1861 Tennessee votes against secession 1867 Nebraska becomes 37th US state 1870 Grant signs bill establishing Federal Meteorological Service 1870 US Army establishes US National Weather Service 1871 Federal fish protection office authorized by Congress 1877 US weather service established 1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #222 Lucia 1885 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii 1891 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento 1893 Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prison for fraud 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) 1895 Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts 1904 Japan declares war on Russia 1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #558 Carmen 1909 1st federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) 1912 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #729 Watsonia 1912 S Belyavskij discovers asteroid #849 Ara 1912 US Tennis Assn ammends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1913 -18) 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die 1916 Britains miltary service act enforced (conscription) 1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #863 Benkoela 1918 Army chaplain school organized at Ft Monroe, Va 1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard 1922 Italian cabinet of Bonomi forms 1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii 1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines established 1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR 1925 German Minister Stresemann signs security treaty with France 1925 Haifa Techion (Israel), opens 1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools 1929 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland & Romania sign Litvinov Pact 1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing, NY) 1933 -63 F (-53 C), Moran, Wyoming (state record) 1934 -14.3 F (-25.8 C), coldest day in New York City 1934 -51 F (-46 C), Vanderbilt, Michigan (state record) 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey & Romania) 1939 Belgian Spaak govt falls 1940 Joe Louis defends heavyweight boxing title beating Arturo Godov 1941 British troops conquer El Agheila 1941 Nazis provoke 1st anti-Jewish riots in Amsterdam 1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US 1942 Japanese troop land near Makassar, South-Celebes 1942 Philadelphia "Phillies" change nickname (temporarily) to "Phils" 1943 FDR orders minimal 48 hour work week in war industry 1943 Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1945 -Feb 10th, Germany destroys Ruhrdammen 1948 WLWT TV channel 5 in Cincinnati, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with communists 1953 "Adventures of Superman" TV series premiers in syndication 1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast 1954 Mario Scelba forms new govt in Italy 1955 US federations of trade unions merge into AFL/CIO 1956 -5 F (15 C) in Sicily 1956 KHPL (now KWNB) TV channel 6 in Hayes Center, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast 1956 R Lacoste follows Catroux on as premier of Algeria 1960 AFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact 1961 Joseph Ileo appointed premier of Congo 1962 Jamaica signs agreement to become independent 1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet 1963 7th largest snowfall in NYC history (42.4 cm, 16.7") 1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers). I received an email recently from Ann Grusdis that read...My mom went into labor with me and missed the show! 1964 GI Joe character created 1964 NYC news anchor Jim Jenson's 1st appearance on WCBS-TV 1966 Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points 1969 KGTO TV channel 36 in Fayetteville, AR (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight 1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth 1971 Earthquake shook Los Angeles, 64 die 1971 Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 26 & causes over $B damage 1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF 1975 L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1963 Bezovec 1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth 1978 Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, 12, Lake City, Fla; later executed 1979 ABC airs "Heroes of Rock N Roll" special 1979 Beginning of James Clavell's novel "Whirlwind" 1979 Nigeria amends constitution 1980 Rick Barry, Houston, is 1st in NBA to score 8, 3-pt goals in a game 1981 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2622 Bolzano & #3423 1981 T Seki discovers asteroid #2396 Kochi & #2621 Goto 1985 Madonna's "Like a Virgin," album goes #1 for 3 weeks 1986 Halley's Comet reaches 30th perihelion (closest approach to Sun) 1986 Marvin Johnson wins record 3rd time, light heavyweight boxing title 1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide 1988 Wales Conference beats Campbell Conference 6-5 in NHL All Star Game 1989 Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games 1989 Michael Manleys Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election 1990 "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV 1990 Doina Melinte runs world record 1500m (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13) 1990 Galileo flies by Venus 1990 Namibia's constitution ratified 1991 Johan Koss skatesr world record 5k (6:41:73) 1991 US Supreme Court agrees to hear Joseph Doherty case 1991 Voters in Lithuania vote for independence 1992 NBA All Star Game - West beats East 153-113 1993 Army of opium king Khun Sa kills 60 in NE Burma Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 0940th day of the year with 325 days left (Numerology = 2) 1934 -15F lowest temperature for February in NYC 1990 63F highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 0902/09/51 --- Mockin' Bird Hill --- Paul, Les 02/09/57 --- Marianne --- Gilkyson, Terry & The Easy Riders 02/09/57 --- Marianne --- Hilltoppers 02/09/59 --- I've Had It --- Bell Notes 02/09/59 --- It's Just A Matter Of Time --- Benton, Brook 02/09/59 --- Charlie Brown --- Coasters 02/09/63 --- Blame It On The Bossa Nova --- Gorme, Eydie 02/09/63 --- What Will Mary Say --- Mathis, Johnny 02/09/74 --- Seasons In The Sun --- Jacks, Terry 02/09/74 --- Come And Get Your Love --- Redbone 02/09/80 --- Him --- Holmes, Rupert 02/09/80 --- Too Hot --- Kool & The Gang 02/09/80 --- Another Brick In The Wall (Part II) --- Pink Floyd 02/09/80 --- How Do I Make You --- Ronstadt, Linda 02/09/85 --- High On You --- Survivor 02/09/91 --- Get Here --- Adams, Oleta 02/09/91 --- Hold You Tight --- Kemp, Tara 02/09/91 --- Signs --- Tesla |
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