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1211 Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) 1567 Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician 1585 Caspar Bartholin, Malm, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy 1663 Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority 1665 Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) 1706 Josef Christian, German sculptor 1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer 1768 Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) 1775 Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829) 1791 Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) 1809 Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) 1809 Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution (Origin of species) 1818 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei) 1828 George Meredith, England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat) 1828 Robert Ransom Jr, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892 1831 John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track 1838 Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 1841 Bert van Tienhoven, mayor of Amsterdam/foreign minister 1850 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary (Flemish Wind) 1861 Lou [Andreas-]Salom, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott) 1865 Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland) 1867 Hedwig Courts Mahler, German author (That Kriegsbraut) 1867 Joe Howard, NYC, singer (Gay Nineties Revue) 1868 Johan HA Schaper, founder SDAP/Member of Dutch 2nd Chamber 1869 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of OKW (VVD) 1873 Jon Trausti, [Gudmundur Magn£sson], Icelandic writer (Heidarbylid) 1880 John Llewellyn Lewis, union leader (United Mine Workers, 1920-60) 1882 Walter Vaes, Flemish painter/etcher 1883 Ludwig Stossel, Austria, actor (Man With a Camera) 1884 Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist 1885 Julius Streicher, German district leader (Strmer) 1893 Marcel G J Minnaert, astronomer 1893 Omar Bradley, General of Army WW II "GI General" 1898 Wallace Ford, Batton England, actor (Deputy) 1898 [Le]Roy Harris, Okla, composer (When Johnny Comes Marching Home) 19-- Andrew Cassesse, actor (Revenge of Nerds II, TV 101) 19-- Lillian Lehman, Selma Ala, actress (Tenafly, Fay) 19-- Pat St John, radio DJ (WPLJ-FM NYC) 19-- Raphael Sbarge, NYC, actor (Brian-Better Days) 1900 Ferenc Krmendy, Hungarian/US author (Budapest Kaland) 1902 William D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader 1904 Ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour) 1905 Harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City) 1909 Barry Wood, New Haven Ct, singer (Your Hit Parade) 1910 Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist, founder of Samsung Business 1911 Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936) 1911 Sylvstre A Guzm n Fern ndez, president (Dominican Republic) 1912 Ernest Clark, London England, actor (Doctor in the House) 1913 Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Bragana II, empreror of Brazil 1914 Gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch) 1915 Andrew J Goodpaster, US, general/supreme commander NATO-Europe 1915 Lorne Greene, Ottawa Canada, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica) 1916 Joseph L Alioto, (Mayor-SF) 1917 Thomas K Scherman, NYC, conductor (Little Orch Society 1947-75) 1918 Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox) 1918 Julian S Schwinger, US physicist 1919 Forrest Tucker, Plainfield Ind, actor (O'Rourke-F Troop, Dusty Trail) 1923 Franco Zeffirelli, Italy, director (Romeo & Juliet) 1923 James Abdnor, (Sen-R-SD, 1981-87) 1926 Joe Garagiola, St Louis Mo, sportscaster/host (Today Show) 1927 Anne Gillis, Little Rock Ark, actress (Adv of Tom Sawyer, Little Men) 1930 Arlen Specter, (Sen-R-PA, 1981- ) 1931 Constance A Morella, (Rep-R-Maryland) 1932 Lincoln Kilpatrick, St Louis Mo, actor (BJ-Leslie Uggams Show) 1933 Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author (Web of Wizardry, Space Trap) 1934 Bill Russell, US, NBA star (Olympic-gold-1956) 1935 Ray Manzarek, keyboardist (Doors-Light My Fire) 1936 Joe Don Baker, Groesback Tx, actor (Eischied, Walking Tall, Fletch) 1936 Paul Shenar, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Carrington-Roots) 1937 Charles Dumas, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956) 1937 Charles Everett Dumas, Tulsa Ok, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1956) 1938 Judy Blume, author (Wifey) 1940 Hank Brown, (Rep-R-CO, 1981-88) 1941 Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1945 Cliff DeYoung, LA Calif, actor (F/X, Hunger, Shock Treatment) 1945 Joe Schermie, bassist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World) 1945 Maud Adams, Lulea Sweden, actress (Octopussy, Rollerball, Tattoo) 1946 Ever Meulen, [Eddy Vermeulen], designer (children stamps 1992) 1947 Gus Willemse, bassist/singer (Solution) 1949 Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog) 1950 Steve Hackett, rock guitarist (Genesis-Against All Odds/GTR) 1951 Gil Moore, rocker (Triumph) 1952 Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor 1953 Joanna Kerns, SF Calif, actress (Maggie Seaver-Growing Pains) 1953 Simon MacCorkindale, Cambridge England, actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal) 1955 Daniele Masala, Italy, pentathelete (Olympics-1976) 1956 Ad P Melkert, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1956 Arsenio Hall, comedian (Alan Thicke, Arsenio, Coming to America) 1958 Andie MacDowell, [Rosalie Anderson], Gaffney SC, actress (Green Card) 1958 Ruth Guerri, St Louis Mo, playmate (July, 1983) 1959 Nancy Remy, reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic) 1959 Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report) 1959 Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise) 1967 Stephen Baldwin, actor (William Cody-Young Riders) 1968 Chynna Phillips, LA Calif, singer (Wilson Philips-Hold On) 1969 Josh Brolin, actor (Johnny-Private Eye, Jimmy Hickok-Young Riders) 1970 Bryan Roy, soccer star (Ajax) 1976 Christopher Pettiet, LA Calif, actor (Young Riders) 1980 Christina Ricci, actress Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 121128 Toghtekin, slave of Damascus, dies 1242 Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide 1590 Franois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 1594 Giovanni/Gianetto P da Palestrina, Italian bandmaster/composer, dies 1787 Ruggiero Boscovich, Italy, physicist/astronomer/philospher, dies at 75 1804 Immanuel Kant, philosopher, dies at 79 in Knigsberg, Prussia 1896 C L Ambroise Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies 1896 Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%) dies at 35 1916 J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies 1929 Freiherr Albert von Schrenk-Notzing, German para-psychologist, dies 1942 Grant Wood, US painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 1945 Walraven [Wally] van Hall, banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39 1955 Tom Moore, actor (Ladies be Seated, Majority Rules), dies at 71 1965 Henry Kulky, actor (Otto-Life of Riley), dies at 53 1971 George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86 1971 James Cash Penney, US founder (JC Penney, dies at 95 1976 Clifton Williams, band master (Sinfonians), dies at 52 1982 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer (Owing), dies at 87 1984 Anna Anderson Manahan [Grand Duchess Anastasia?], dies in Virginia 1985 Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 1986 Sid Stone, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at 82 1987 Lang Jeffries, actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55 1989 Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 1989 Thomas Bernhard, Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies 1991 Robert Wagner, mayor of NYC (1954-65), dies 1992 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies 1992 Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherland BV), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 12[Booneville Indiana] Nancy Hanks Lincoln Memorial Day [Burma] Union Day (1947) [Georgia] Georgia Day/Oglethorope Day (1733) [US] Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Traditional) 1994 [China] New Years-Year of Dog (4692) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 12[Christian] Feast of St Eulalia [Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February) 896 [Orth?] Commem of St Anthony of Cauleas, patriarch of Constantinople 1233 [old RC] Feast of 7 Founders of Servite Order 1994 [Moslem] 1st day of Ramadn (1414 AH) 1997 [Christian] Ash Wednesday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 12 [Ancient Rome] Prid Id Feb 1049 Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX 1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power 1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) 1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah 1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India 1793 1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves 1797 Haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" 1st performed, Vienna 1818 Chile gains independence from Spain 1821 Mercantile Library of City of NY opens 1839 Boundary dispute between Maine & New Brunswick leads to Aroostook 1840 Housatonic Railroad opens 1848 Ballet "Faust" premiers, Milan 1850 Original Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300 1861 State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK 1865 Henry Highland Garnet, is 1st black to speak in US House of Reps 1873 Congress abolishes bimetallism & authorizes $1 & $3 gold coins 1877 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass 1877 US railroad builders strike against wage reduction 1878 Frederick Thayer patents catcher's mask (pat # 200,358) 1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC) 1880 National Croquet League organizes (Phila) 1891 E Millosevich discovers asteroid #303 Josephina 1899 -47ø F (-44ø C), Camp Clarke, Nebraska (state record) 1899 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, MSG, NYC 1902 L Carnera discovers asteroid #481 Emita 1908 Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female 1908 Around the World Autombile Race begins in NYC 1909 National Association for Advancement of Colored People forms 1909 Netherland's SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter & Wine) 1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar 1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC 1921 Soviet troops invade Georgia (theirs, not ours) 1921 Winston Churchill becomes England, minister of Colonization 1924 Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premiers at Carnegie Hall (NYC) 1925 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress 1925 E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo 1925 Estonia forbids communist Party 1926 S Belyavskij discovers asteroids #1084 Tamariwa & #1094 Siberia 1927 British expeditionary army lands in Shanghai 1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch Elfstedentocht skate (11:30) 1929 P Bourgeois discovers asteroid #1547 Nele 1932 Communistic Party Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committee 1934 Export-Import Bank incorporates 1934 France hit by a general strike against fascist & royalists 1935 Great airship, USS Macon, crashes into Pacific Ocean 1936 E Delporte discovers asteroid #2101 Adonis 1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1937 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1413 Roucarie & #1414 Jerome 1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1541 Estonia 1941 Occupation Police arrest "Jewish Foursome" 1942 3 German battle cruisers escape via Channel to Brest N Germany 1942 L Oterma discovers asteroids #1680 Per Brahe & #2846 Ylppo 1945 SF selected for site of UN Conference 1947 Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia 1947 Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands 1948 1st Lt Nancy Leftenant becomes 1st black in army nursing corps 1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio 1949 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey 1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem 1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb 1950 Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist govt employees 1953 USSR breaks relations with Israel 1955 McGuire Sisters' "Sincerely" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for 10 weeks 1955 Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam 1955 Soviets decides space center built in Baikonur, Kazachstan 1955 WTVY TV channel 4 in Dothan, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Gen Miguel Ydegoras Fuentes elected president of Guatemala 1960 Chinese army honarary 12 Indies soldiers 1961 USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus 1962 Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia 1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron 1964 Beatles 1st NYC conert (Carnegie Hall) 1965 KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1967 Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs 1967 Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting 1973 1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine 1977 Toronto Maple Leafs shutout Washington Capitals 10-0 1979 Kosmos 1076, 1st Soviet oceanographic satellite, launched 1980 2nd Islander scoreless tie-Jets at Nassau 1980 NY Islanders 2nd scoreless tie, vs Winnipeg Jets 1981 Cape Verde ammends its constitution 1981 Pete Squires sets record for 1575 steps of Empire State Bldg, 10m 1982 Wayne Gretsky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record 1984 Cale Yarborough, becomes 1st Daytona 500 qualifier, above 200 MPH 1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages 1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel 1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season 1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h 1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence 1991 North & South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1994 17th Olympic Winter games opens in Lillehammer, Norway Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 1243rd day of the year with 322 days left (Numerology = 5) 1914 -3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1966 58øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 1202/12/66 --- Working My Way Back To You --- Four Seasons 02/12/66 --- I Fought The Law --- Fuller, Bobby 02/12/66 --- Elusive Butterfly --- Lind, Bob 02/12/72 --- Way Of Love, The --- Cher 02/12/72 --- Heart Of Gold --- Young, Neil 02/12/83 --- Mr. Roboto --- Styx |
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