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1609 John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier 1670 William Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World) 1775 Charles Lamb, England, critic/poet/essayist 1807 Abner Clark Harding, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 1818 Isham Green Harris, Gov (Confederacy), died in 1897 1821 William Read Scurry, (Confederate Army Brig general, died in 1864) 1824 Samuel Plimsoll, English parliament leader 1868 William Allen White, editor (Pulitzer 1942) 1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine 1889 Howard Jump, British author/novelist/writer/critic 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet (Dr Zhivago, Nobel 1958) 1890 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage) 1892 Alan Hale, [Rufus A Mackahan], Wash DC, actor (Little John-Robin Hood) 1893 Bill [William] Tilden, US, tennis star 1893 Jimmy Durante, NYC, long-nosed comedian (and goodnight Mrs Calabash) 1893 William [Bill] Tilden, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29) 1894 [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, (C) British PM (1957-63) 1896 Olin Howlin, Denver Colo, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy) 1897 John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) 1898 Bertolt Brecht, Germany, playwright (Mother Courage) 1898 Dame Judith Anderson, Adelaide Aust, actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon) 19-- Elaine, [Kaufman], NYC, restauranteur (Elaine) 1900 Rebecca Negrin 1902 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste) 1902 Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, US physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor) 1905 Walter Brown, an organizer of NBA 1906 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer (elected 1962) 1906 Lon Chaney Jr, Okla City Okla, actor (Hawkeye, Pistols 'n' Petticoats) 1906 Walraven (Wally) van Hall, banker/poet/resisted Nazis 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees (Nobel 1958) 1914 Larry Adler, hamonica player (Harmonicats) (blacklisted performer) 1916 Edward R Roybal, (Rep-D-CA, 1963- ) 1920 Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living) 1922 Harold Hughes, (Gov-D-NJ) 1922 Neva Patterson, Iowa, actress (Governor & JJ, Doc Elliot, Nichols) 1923 Cesare Siepi, Italy, basso (NY Metropolitan Opera) 1924 Randy Van Horne, El Paso Tx, singer (Nat King Cole Show) 1927 Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Miss, opera soprano (Porgy & Bess) 1928 Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-St Louis, 1973- ) 1928 Hans Nielsen, Denmark, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1924) 1929 Hallgeir Brenden, Norway, 15K/18K cross country (Oly-gold-1952, 56) 1929 Henk Heidweiler, Dutch ambassador to Suriname 1929 Jim Whittacker, 1st American to climb Mt Everest 1930 John Gilpin, English ballet dancer (tudes, Alice in Wonderland) 1930 Robert Wagner, Detroit Mich, actor (It Takes a Thief, Hart to Hart) 1937 Don Wilson, rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme) 1937 Yuriy Poyarkov, USSR, volleyball player (Oly-2 gold/1 silver-1964-72) 1939 Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus) 1939 Boris Pickett, singer (Monster Mash) 1939 Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face) 1940 Mary Rand, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964) 1942 Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & Teenagers-Why Do Fools) 1944 Peter Allen, Australia, singer/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond) 1945 Klas Tuinstra, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1946 Donovan [P Leech], Scotland, rocker (Mellow Yellow) 1950 Mark Andrew Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Olympic-7 gold-72) 1951 Roxanne Pulitzer, author (Prize Pulitzer) 1951 Zeudi Araya, Asmara Ethiopia, Miss Ethiopia (1969) 1953 John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona) 1955 Greg Norman, Australia, golfer "White Shark" 1955 Lusia Mae Harris, Minter City Miss, basketball player (Oly-silver-76) 1963 Lenny Dykstra, centerfielder (NY Met, Phila Phillies) 1964 Sam Graddy, Gaffney SC, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1984) 1965 Marjolein Macrander, actress (Drowned) 1966 Andrew Brimmer, 1st Black on Federal Reserve Board [born 1966?] 1967 Laura E Dern, LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 101134 Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies 1162 Boudewijn III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies 1164 Hugo van Fosses/Prmontr, abbott of Prmontr, dies 1482 Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies 1495 William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy 1567 Darnley, Mary Queen of Scots' husband, murdered 1772 Louis Tocqu, French painter, dies at 75 1829 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 1879 Honor V Daumier, French painter/lithographer, dies at 70 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 1902 J N Krieger, German Selenographer, dies 1915 Albert J-BJ Ths, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies 1923 Wilhelm C Rntgen, physicist (radiation, Nobel 1901), dies at 77 1932 R H Edgar Wallace, British writer/journalist (3 Just Men), dies 1939 Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50 1957 Laura Ingalls Wilder, US author (Little House on Praries), dies at 90 1958 Billy Vine, actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42 1962 Willem Paerels, Neth/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 1966 Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66 1983 Eduard Franz, actor (Zorro), dies at 80 1989 Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!" 1992 Alex Haley, US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies 1992 Mau Kopuit, editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies 1992 Thomas Graftdk, writer (Dr Faustus), dies 1992 Wim Ramaker, director/writer (On Death Track), dies 1993 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 10[World] Boy Scouts Day (1910) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 10[Malta] St Paul's Shipwreck [Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February) 547 [RC] Memorial of St Scholastica, virgin 1997 [Christian] Shrove Monday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 10 [Ancient Rome] a d iv Id Feb [Malta] St Paul's Shipwreck 60 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta 1098 Crusaders slay Army Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch 1635 Acadmie Franaise is founded in Paris 1676 Attack on Wampanoag indians in Lancaster Mass 1720 Edmund Halley appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England 1749 10th (final) volume of Fielding's "Tom Jones" is published 1763 Treaty of Paris ends French-Indian War, surrenders Canada to England 1807 US Coast Survey authorized by Congress 1824 Bol¡var named dictator by Congress of Per£ 1840 British queen Victoria marries her cousin Albert von Saksen-Coburg 1846 Beginning of Mormon march to west US 1846 British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India 1859 Gen Horsford defeats Begum of Oude & Nana Sahib in Indian mutiny 1861 A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #63 Ausonia 1861 Asteroid 63, Ausonia, discovered (named after Auson, son of Odysseus) 1863 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1863 PT Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb & Mercy Lavinia Warren 1868 Conservatives & military, seize Convention Hall in Florida 1870 City of Anaheim incorporates (1st time) 1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) founded (NYC) 1879 1st electric arc light used (California Theater) 1881 Opera "Contes D'Hoffmann" is produced (Paris) 1897 NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" 1899 -39ø F (-39ø C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest temperature record) 1906 Britains 1st modern battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1907 A Kopff discovers asteroid #624 Hektor 1913 J H Metcalf discovers asteroids #740 Cantabia & #741 Botolphia 1920 Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball 1923 SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied 1925 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind 1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins 1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #933 Susi 1927 Pres Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference 1930 Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress 1931 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #3211 1933 -54ø F (-48ø C), Seneca, Oregon (state record) 1933 Delivery of 1st singing telegram 1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship 1933 Mutiny on "7 Provinces" ends (began Feb 4th), 23 killed 1934 Byrd souvenir sheet issued, NYC; 1st unperforated ungummed US stamp 1934 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1698 Christophe 1934 G Reiss discovers asteroid #1300 Marcelle 1934 Stalin ends 17th CPSU-congress 1935 1st US streamlined electric RR engine begins service 1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world record 400m (5:14.2) 1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga 1940 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1528 Conrada 1941 "Illegale Het Parool" [Slogan] begins publishing in Netherlands 1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA 1942 Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" goes gold 1943 "Manifesto of Algerian People" calls for equality & self-determination 1943 8th Army sweeps through North Africa to Tunisia 1943 Van der Veen begins fire in Amsterdam works bureau 1946 1st black pro-baseball player Jackie Robinson marries Rachel Isum 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia 1947 Netherlands Radio Union forms 1947 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland 1948 Greek Gen Markos' guerilla army bombs Saloniki 1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens on Broadway 1951 Shah of Persia marries 19 year old Soraja Esfandiara Bakhtiari 1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam 1956 "My Friend Flicka" premiers on CBS (later NBC) TV 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference forms 1961 AFL's LA Chargers move to San Diego 1962 Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA 1962 USSR swaps spy Francis Gary Power to US for Rudolph Abel 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1967 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect 1970 26.4 cm percipitation falls on Mount Washington NH 1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees) 1972 BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings 1972 Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates 1973 2nd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 1973 83m wide gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die 1973 World's largest storage tank explodes (Staten Island NY), crushing 40 1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London 1981 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton 1982 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Qubec 1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament 1985 -61ø F (-52ø C), Maybell, Colorado (state record) 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-E mission 1986 "John Lennon: Live in NYC" album is released 1987 Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre 1989 Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV 1989 Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis 1989 Ron Brown (D) chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party 1990 Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to become heavyweight boxing champ 1990 Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water 1990 S Afr Pres de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th 1991 Lithuania votes for independence from USSR 1991 NBA All Star Game at Charlotte NC 1992 "Dangerous Women" final episode on WWOR-TV 1992 Bonnie Blair wins 1992 Olympics 1st gold medal for USA 1992 Mike Tyson found guilty of rape in Indiana Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 1041st day of the year with 324 days left (Numerology = 3) 1899 -6øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1990 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 1002/10/44 --- Holiday For Strings --- Rose, David 02/10/44 --- Mairzy Doats --- Trace, Al 02/10/50 --- Rag Mop --- Flanagan, Ralph 02/10/50 --- Third Man Theme, The --- Karas, Anton 02/10/62 --- Hey! Baby --- Channel, Bruce 02/10/62 --- Chip Chip --- McDaniels, Gene 02/10/62 --- Let Me In --- Sensations 02/10/68 --- Everything That Touches You --- Association 02/10/68 --- Simon Says --- Nineteen-Ten Fruitgum Co. 02/10/68 --- Dock Of The Bay, (Sittin' On) The --- Redding, Otis 02/10/73 --- Danny's Song --- Murray, Anne 02/10/79 --- Tragedy --- Bee Gees 02/10/79 --- What A Fool Believes --- Doobie Brothers 02/10/90 --- Just A Friend --- Biz Markie 02/10/90 --- Here And Now --- Vandross, Luther |
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