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1462 Edzard I the Great, earl of East-Friesland (1494-1528) 1515 Frederick III the Vrome, monarch of Palts 1546 Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian 1707 Claude-Prosper J de Cr‚billon, French writer (Le sopha) 1760 Richard Allen, Phila, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church 1766 Thomas Malthus, England, population expert (Law of Malthius) 1806 Lajos, Count Batthy ny, revolutionary premier of Hungary (1848-49) 1813 John McNeil, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891 1817 Frederick Douglass, abolitionist 1819 James Green Martin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1878 1824 Winfield Scott Hancock, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 1829 Alfred Iverson Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 1835 Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, writer (Snikken en grimlachjes) 1845 Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866) 1847 Anna Howard Shaw, US, suffragette 1853 Jan van R˜sw˜ck, Flemish journalist/mayor (Antwerp) 1856 Frank Harris, England, journalist/writer (My Life & Loves) 1858 Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist (Thomson's gazelle) 1859 George Washington Gale Ferris, engineer/inventor (Ferris Wheel) 1864 Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto) 1864 Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man) 1864 Robert E Park, US, sociologist (human ecology/marginale mens) 1869 Charles Wilson, English physicist (Wilson cloud chamber-Nobel) 1881 Otto Selz, German psychologist 1882 George Jean Nathan, US, editor/author/critic (American Mercury) 1892 Nikolaj A Orloff, Russian/British pianist (Chopin) 1893 Kay Fisker, Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen) 1894 Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan, Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" 1895 Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) 1898 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (super nova) 1899 John Randall Jr, Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man) 19-- Alan Hunter, MTV vee-jay 19-- Brian Kelly, Detroit Mich, actor (Flipper, Straightaway) 19-- Lee Chamberlain, NYC, actress (Lucy-All's Fair, Barbara-Paris) 19-- Peg Murray, Denver Colo, actress (Me & Mrs C) 1902 Fred Scott, Fresno Calif, singer/actor (Vincent Lopez) 1902 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Milwaukee, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch) 1902 Stu Erwin, Squaw Valley Calif, actor (Stu Erwin Show) 1904 Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist 1905 Thelma Ritter, Bkln NY, actress (Miracle on 34th Street) 1907 Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame) 1909 A Moses Klein, Montr‚al, poet (Hath Not a Jew...) 1912 Edmund George Love, US, teacher/historian/author (A Small Bequest)= 1913 Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Man Without a Head) 1913 James Pike, Okla City, bishop (Beyond Anxiety) 1913 Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters leader who disappeared in 1975 1913 Mel Allen, Birmingham Alabama, sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees) 1916 Edward Platt, Staten Island NY, actor (Chief-Get Smart) 1917 Herbert A Hauptman, NYC, x-ray crystallographer (Nobel 1985) 1921 Hugh Downs, Akron Oh, TV journalist (20/20, Concentration) 1921 Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep 1923 Jay Herbert, golfer (1960 PGA winner) 1924 Countess Mountbatten, of Burma 1925 Elliot Lawrence, Phila, orch leader (Guide Right, Howard Cosell) 1927 Lois Maxwell, Kitchener Ontario, actress (Miss Moneypenny) 1928 Ben Garrido Blaz, (Rep-R-Guam, 1985- ) 1929 Matthew G Martinez, (Rep-D-CA, 1982- ) 1931 Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, hockey star/beer spokesman 1931 Phyllis McGuire, Middletown Oh, singer (McGuire Sisters) 1931 Vic Morrow, Bronx NY, actor (Combat, Roots, Twilight Zone the Movie) 1934 Florence Henderson, Dale Ind, actress/singer (Carol-Brady Bunch) 1935 David Wilson, British governor (Hong Kong) 1935 Mickey Wright, San Diego Calif, golfer (4 times LPGA champ) 1936 Andrew Pine, Jennings Fla, actor (V, WEB, Wide Country) 1940 Porpoise, 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla) 1941 Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass) 1943 Eric Anderson, Pittsburgh Pa, singer (Avalanche, Be True to You) 1944 Alan Parker, English actor (Bugsy Malone) 1944 Carl Bernstein, Washington Post investigative reporter (Watergate) 1945 Gregory Hines, NYC, actor/dancer (White Nights, Taps) 1945 Hans Adam, prince of Liechtenstein 1945 William Hill Boner, (Rep-D-TN, 1979- ) 1946 Tim Buckley, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears-When I Die) 1946 Tina Aumont, Hollywood Calif, actress (Master of Love) 1947 Heidemarie Rosendahl, German FR, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1972) 1947 Judd Gregg, (Rep-R-NH, 1981- ) 1947 Pham Tuan, 1st Vietnamese space traveler (Soyuz 37) 1948 Pat O'Brien, reporter (Entertainment Tonight) 1948 Wally Tax, guitarist 1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca) 1949 Jackie Martlin, "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show) 1949 Richard E Neal, (Rep-D-Massachusetts) 1951 Kevin Keegan, British soccer player/manager (Newcastle United) 1956 Dave Dravecky, pitcher (SF Giants), had arm amputated 1956 Howard Edward Davis Jr, Glen Cove NY, lw boxer (Olympic-silver-1976) 1958 Perry Stephens, Frankfurt Germany, actor (Loving, All My Children) 1960 Jim Kelly, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills) 1960 Ken Wahl, actor (Wanderers, Wise Guys) 1960 Meg Tilly, [Margaret], LA Calif, actress (Big Chill, Impulse) 1963 Zach Galligan, actor (Gremlins) 1967 Manuela Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player (1984 US Open Mixed) 1972 Mayne One, rocker (Young Nation) 1977 Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys) 1985 Jacob Parker, actor Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 141400 Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33 1528 Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-Friesland (1494-1528), dies 1571 Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor/author (Autobiography), dies at 70 1571 Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chƒtillon/bishop/count of Beauvais, dies 1779 James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian 1780 William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies 1820 Karel F, Duke of Berry, murdered 1831 Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero dies 1891 William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 1916 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 1943 David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81 1950 Karl G Jansky, Czech discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies 1967 Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82 1969 Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at 71 1975 Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93 1979 Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered 1982 Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor, dies at 79 1987 Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63 1988 Frederick Loewe, US composer, dies at 86 1991 Arno Breker, German sculptor (3rd Republic), dies 1991 John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies 1992 Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 14[Arizona 1912, Oregon, 1859] Admission Day [Bulgaria] Viticulturists' Day/Trifon Zarezan, cult of Dionysus [Denmark] Gaekkebrev/Fj”rtende Februar-gift exchanges by school kids [Mexico] Day of National Mourning (Vincent Guerrero-1831) [World] St Valentine's Day (269) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 14[Methodist] Race Relations Sunday (2nd Sunday in February) 269 [RC] Commemoration of St Valentine, physician/martyr/patron of lovers 869 [Luth, Ang, RC] Memorial of Cyril, monk/missionary to Slavs 885 [Luth, Ang, RC] Mem of St Methodius, bishop/missionary to Slavs 1994 [Christian] Shrove Monday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 14 [Ancient Rome] Caput Kalendarum (a d xvj Kal Mar) 1130 Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II 1349 2,000 Jews burned at stake in Strasbourg Germany 1540 Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels 1630 Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil 1711 1st performance H„ndels opera Rinaldo 1778 "Stars & Stripes" arrives in foreign port for 1st time (France) 1794 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila 1803 Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Penn 1848 James K Polk became 1st pres photographed in office (Matthew Brady) 1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state 1862 Galena, 1st US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Conn 1867 Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co issues 1st policy 1867 Morehouse College organizes in Augusta, Georgia 1872 1st state bird refuge authorized, Lake Merritt, CA 1883 1st state labor union legislation; NJ legalizes unions 1889 1st trainload of fruit (oranges) leaves Los Angeles for east 1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #304 Olga 1894 Venus is both a morning star & evening star 1895 Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London 1896 Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias 2-0 for Stanley Cup 1899 US Congress begins using voice machines 1900 Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock" 1903 US Dept of Commerce & Labor established 1907 1st US fox hound association forms in NYC 1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #697 Galilea 1912 1st US submarines with diesel engines commissioned, Groton, Ct 1912 Arizona becomes 48th state 1914 High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands 1918 USSR adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) 1921 Little Review faces obscenity charges for publishing "Ulysses," NY 1925 Emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP rises again 1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed 1931 Spanish Govt of General Damasco Berenguer falls 1932 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #2290, #2560 & #2879 Shimizu 1936 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1377 Roberbauxa 1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago 1940 British merchant vessel fleet is armed 1941 Carson McCuller's "Reflections in a Golden Eye" published 1941 Cebrie Park in the Bronx renamed Halsey Street 1941 German Africa Corps lands in Tripoli, Libya 1942 Japanese parachutists land in Palembang Sumatra 1943 Soviets recapture Rostov 1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java 1944 Carl Wick publishes "Salmon Trolling for Commercial & Sport Fishing 1945 Per£, Paraguay, Chile & Ecuador joins UN 1946 Bank of England nationalized 1949 1st session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem 1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Jake LaMotta & takes middleweight title 1952 6th Winter Olympic games opens in Oslo 1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller 1954 Sen John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press" 1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting 1955 WFLA (now WXFL) TV channel 8 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (NBC) begins 1956 Indonesia resigns from out Neth-Indonesian Union 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at USSR Communist Party Conference 1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch Elfstedentocht skate 1958 Arab Federation of Iraq & Jordan forms 1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC 1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan 1961 Element 103, Lawrencium, 1st produced in Berkeley Calif 1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV 1963 US launches communications satellite Syncom 1 1966 Australia introduces 1st decimal currency postage stamps 1966 Wilt Chamberlain breaks NBA career scoring record at 20,884 points 1967 Aretha Franklin records "Respect" 1968 WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House 1972 John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week 1972 Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & softland on moon 1972 USSR launches Luna 20; unmanned probe soft-lands on Moon, returns 1974 Harvard College discovers asteroid #2039 Payne-Gaposchkin 1978 In girls' HS basketball, Chicago Latin beats Harvard St George 1980 13th Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY 1980 US launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall 1982 L Brozek discovers asteroid #3424 1985 Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut 1987 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit 1988 Bobby Allison at 50 becomes oldest driver to win Daytona 500 1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden 1989 Boxer Mike Tyson & actress Robin Given divorce 1989 Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie 1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep 1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster 1992 Ceasefire in Somalia begins 1992 Merlene Ottey runs world record 60m indoor (6.96 sec) 1993 Fire in Linxi Warehouse in Tangshan, China, kills 79 Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 1445th day of the year with 320 days left (Numerology = 7) 1916 2øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1946 63øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 1402/14/41 --- High On a Windy Hill --- Dorsey, Jimmy 02/14/41 --- It All Comes Back To Me Now --- Krupa, Gene 02/14/41 --- Song Of The Volga Boatman --- Miller, Glenn 02/14/46 --- You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break --- Brown, Les 02/14/46 --- Oh! What It Seemed To Be --- Sinatra, Frank 02/14/47 --- Anniversary Song --- Lombardo, Guy 02/14/47 --- Managua, Nicaragua --- Lombardo, Guy 02/14/47 --- Open The Door, Richard --- McVea, Jack 02/14/47 --- Open The Door, Richard --- Three Flames 02/14/53 --- Your Cheatin' Heart --- James, Joni 02/14/53 --- I Believe --- Laine, Frankie 02/14/70 --- Rapper, The --- Jaggerz 02/14/70 --- Bridge Over Troubled Water --- Simon & Garfunkel 02/14/76 --- Dream On --- Aerosmith 02/14/76 --- Money Honey --- Bay City Rollers 02/14/76 --- Sweet Love --- Commodores 02/14/76 --- Sweet Thing --- Rufus 02/14/81 --- Rapture --- Blondie 02/14/81 --- Kiss On My List --- Hall & Oates 02/14/81 --- What Kind Of Fool --- Streisand, Barbra 02/14/87 --- Come Go With Me --- Expose 02/14/87 --- Let's Go! --- Wang Chung 02/14/87 --- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now --- Starship |
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