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1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist 1490 Karel van Bourbon, military man/mayor (Lombardije) 1519 Fran‡ois Guise, [Balafr‚], French general strategist 1653 Arcangelo Corelli, Fusignano Italy, violinist/comp (Concerto grossi) 1723 Tobias Mayer, "method of lunars" for longitude determination 1774 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) 1781 Ren‚-Th‚ophile-Hyacinthe La‰nnec, inventor (stethoscope) 1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 1820 Henri Vieuxtemps, Verviers Belgium, composer/teacher (Brussels Cons) 1824 William Farrar "Baldy" Smith, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1903 1837 Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 1837 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister of child labor 1844 A Montgomery Ward, founded mail-order business 1853 Jaroslav Vrchlicky, [Emil Fr¡da], Czech poet (1 night on Karlstein) 1854 Friedrich A Krupp, German arms manufacturer 1857 Samuel Sidney McClure, Irish-American newspaper editor/publisher 1867 William Cadbury, England, chocolate manufacturer 1870 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/founder (Flemmish People's Party) 1874 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) 1879 Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) 1880 Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico 1888 Otto Stern, physicist (Nobel 1943) 1889 Haroldson L Hunt, Texas oil multi-millionaire 1892 Theodor Plievier, German writer (Des Kaisers Kulis, Stalingrad) 19-- Christine Pickles, Yorkshire England, actress (Helen-St Elsewhere) 19-- Clayton Prince, actor (Reuben-Another World) 19-- Michelle Forbes, actress (Ensign Ro-Star Trek Next Gen) 1902 Marian Anderson, Phila, operatic contralto/banned by D.A.R. 1904 Albert Kuyle, [Louis Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Rond Jezus' kleed) 1906 Galo Plaza Lasso, pres of Ecuador (1948-52), head of OAS (1968-75) 1907 Alec Wilder, Rochester NY, composer (1973 ASCAP award) 1907 Charles B Timmer, interpreter/writer (Russia Black on White) 1908 Walter L "Red" Barber, Miss, sports announcer (Bkln Dodgers, NY Yanks) 1909 Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannh„user) 1910 Marc Lawrence, NYC, actor (Man With Golden Gun) 1914 Arthur Kennedy, Worcester Mass, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place) 1916 Raf Vallone, Italy, actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon) 1918 Charles A Hayes, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- ) 1919 Jock Mahoney, Chicago Ill, actor (Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury) 1919 Kathleen Freeman, Chicago Ill, actress (Beverly Hillbillies) 1923 Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank) 1924 Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist 1925 Hal Holbrook, Cleveland, actor (All the President's Men, Mark Twain) 1926 Lee Hoiby, Madison Wisconsin, composer (1957 Arts & Letters) 1929 Chaim Potok, novelist (Promise) 1929 Yasser Arafat, PLO-leader 1932 Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw) 1933 Bobby Lewis, rocker (Tossin' & Turnin') 1933 Craig Thomas, (Rep-R-Wyoming) 1934 Alan Bates, actor (Zorba the Greek, Unmarried Woman) 1934 Barry Humphries, Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage) 1936 Jim Brown, Ga, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns)/actor (Dirty Dozen) 1939 Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes) 1941 Gene Pitney, singer/songwriter (Town Without Pity) 1941 Heidi Biebi, German Fed Rep, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1960) 1942 Huey Newton, Black Panther leader 1944 Bernie Grant, British politician (Labour) 1945 Brenda Fricker, actress (My Left Foot) 1945 Patricia Morrow, actress (Rita-Peyton Place) 1945 Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) 1946 Andr‚ Dussollier, Annecy France, actor (3 Men & a Cradle) 1946 Valdemar Bandolowski, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) 1946 Zina Bethune, NYC, actress (Gail-Nurses) 1947 Ben Cramer, singer (clown) 1947 Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer 1947 Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hatman!) 1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew) 1950 Rick Medlocke, rocker (Blackfoot) 1952 Guillermo Vilas, tennis player (1977 US Open) 1952 Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, US US table tennis player (Olympic-92) 1953 Janice Dickinson, Bkln NY, model (Vogue) 1958 Heidi Hagman, actress (Linda-Archie Bunker's Place) 1958 Karen Lende, Concord Mass, US Equestrian athlete (Olympic-92) 1959 Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984) 1959 Richard Karn, actor 1961 Michael "Air" Jordan, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls) 1962 David McComb, Australia, singer/songwriter (Triffids) 1962 Lou Diamond Phillips, actor (La Bamba, Stand & Deliver) 1963 Michael Jordan, Bkln NY, US basketball player (Bulls/Olympic-gold-92) 1966 Melissa Brooke-Belland, rocker (Voice of the Beehive-Let it Bee) 1974 Jerry O'Connell, NYC, actor (Andrew Clements-My Secret Identity) 1974 Michael J O'Connell, actor (Andrew-My Secret Identity) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 171600 Giordano Bruno, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at stake 1612 Ernst van Bayern, prince/bishop of Luik/archbish Keulen, dies at 57 1673 Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French author/dramatist (Learned Lady), dies 1673 Molire, French playwright, dies in Paris at 51 1688 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian 1803 Louis R E prince de Rohan-Gu‚men‚, archbisp of Straatsburg, dies at 68 1827 Johann H Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies 1854 Hugues F R de Lamennais, [the la Mennais], French priest/writer, dies 1856 Heinrich Heine, German poet, dies at 58 in Paris 1905 Serge Alexandrovitsj, gov-gen Moscow, murdered 1907 Henry Steel Olcott, US co-founder (Theosophist United), dies at 74 1908 Geronimo, Apache chief, dies at about 79 1912 Count von Aerenthal, foreign minister (Austria-Hungary), dies 1919 Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian politician, dies 1933 Henri[cus A] Viotta, conductor/composer (Handbook of Music), dies 1934 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34), dies 1944 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies 1954 Evert Gorter, children artist (Kindergeneeskunde), dies at 72 1955 Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies 1959 Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies 1962 Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (NY Philharmonic), dies at 85 1962 Joseph Kearns, actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at 55 1966 Hans Hofmann, German/US painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85 1970 Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrews writer (Guest Comes Overnight), dies 1977 Quincy Howe, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76 1980 Jerry Fielding, orch leader (Lively Ones), dies at 57 1982 Lee Strasberg, father of method acting, dies of a heart attack at 80 1982 Theolonious S Monk, US, jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64 1984 Lucille Benson, actress (Lilly-Bosom Buddies), dies at 69 1985 Wanda Perry, actress, dies at 67 1989 Lefty Gomez, NY Yankee pitching great, dies at 80 1990 French Kellendonk, writer (Good for Nothing), dies 1990 Keith Herring, US graffiti-artist, dies 1993 Alfredo the Leon, leader (Phillipines Red Scorpio Gang), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 17[Sri Lanka] Maha Shivaratree [US] President's Day (formerly Washington's Birthday)-legal holiday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 17[Ancient Rome] Quirinalia-Feast of Quirinus (a d xiij Kal Mar) [Christian] Feast of St Silvinus [Christian] Commemoration of Flight into Egypt 1233 [RC] Memorial of 7 Holy Founders of Servite Order (opt) 1996 [Moslem] Night of Power (Ramadƒn 27, 1416 AH) 1997 [Cyprus, Greece] Green (or Clean) Monday (1st Mon of Lent-moveable) 1999 [Christian] Ash Wednesday Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 17 World Day of Prayer Daytona 500 (3rd Sunday in February) 1568 Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay annual tribute to Sultan for peace 1634 William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti 1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1772 1st partition of Poland-Russia & Prussia, joined later by Austria 1776 1st volume of Gibbon's "Decline & Fall of Roman Empire" published 1791 Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) 1795 Thomas Seddal harvests 8.3-kg potato from his garden Chester, England 1801 House breaks electoral college tie, chooses Jefferson pres over Burr 1817 1st US city lit by gas (Baltimore) 1854 British recognize independence of Orange Free State (South Africa) 1859 Opera "Ballo in Maschera" is produced (Rome) 1859 Verdi's opera "Un Ballo in maschera" premiers in Napoli 1864 CSS "HL Hunley" becomes 1st submarine to sink an enemy ship 1865 -Feb 18th) Battle of Charleston SC 1865 Columbia SC burns down during civil war 1867 1st ship passes through Suez Canal 1868 E W Tempel discovers asteroid #97 Klotho 1868 J Coggia discovers asteroid #96 Aegle 1870 Mississippi becomes 9th state readmitted to US after Civil War 1873 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #130 Elektra 1876 Sardines 1st canned (Eastport, Maine) 1878 1st telephone exchange in SF opens with 18 phones 1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #192 Nausikaa 1879 Murder attempt on tsar Alexander in St Petersburg, fails 1896 London Country Councils' Muzzling Order becomes effective 1897 Natl Congress of Parents & Teachers organizes (Wash DC) 1899 M Wolf & A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #443 Photographica 1903 R S Dugan discovers asteroid #506 Marion 1905 Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall 1906 Theodore Roosevelt's daughter Alice marries in the White House 1911 1st hydroplane flight to & from a ship, by Glenn Curtiss, San Diego 1913 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect, in Oregon 1913 NY Armory Show introduces Picasso, Matisse, Duchamp to US public 1915 Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded 1923 Ottawa Senator Cy Denneny becomes NHL's all time scorer (143 goals) 1925 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1330 Spiridonia 1926 75 buried in Sap Gulch, Bingham, Utah avalanche, 40 die 1926 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1931 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball) 1931 Hockey's Hershey Bears (now with AHL) 1st game 1933 Blondie marries Dagwood; Dagwood's father promptly disinherits him 1933 US Senate accept Blaine Act: ending prohibition 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered, State College, Penn 1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts 1936 -58ø F (-50ø C), McIntosh, South Dakota (state record) 1939 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2535 Hameenlinna 1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway 1941 Joe Louis retains heavyweight boxing crown, KOing Gus Dorazio 1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2857 1944 Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins; US victory on Feb 22 1946 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam 1947 Bishops begin fast against "godless communism" 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR 1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1955 KTVF TV channel 11 in Fairbanks, AK (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257 1957 Fire in Warreton Mo, kills 72 1957 Suez Canal reopens 1958 Comic strip "BC" 1st appears 1958 WETV (now WPBA) TV channel 30 in Atlanta, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting 1959 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg 1962 Storm in Hamburg, kills 265 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 67 points vs St Louis 1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling) 1964 US House of Reps accept Law on the civil rights 1964 US Supreme court rules - 1 man 1 vote 1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle, ME (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 US Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures 1966 French satellite Diapason D-1A launch into Earth orbit 1967 Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields" 1967 Kosmos 140 (Soyuz test) launches into Earth orbit 1968 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield Mass, opens 1969 Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash record an album (never released) 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife & daughter 1970 Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall) 1972 President Nixon leaves Washingto DC for China 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt 1976 Macau adopts constitution (Organic Law of Macau) 1976 Organic statute makes Macao autonomous 1978 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #2608 Seneca 1979 China invades Vietnam 1980 Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph) 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history 1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot 1983 Netherlands adopts constitution 1985 1st class postage rises from 20› to 22› 1985 3rd person to recieve an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) 1986 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles 1986 Johnson & Johnson announces it no longer sell capsule drugs 1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins 1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole" 1989 Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia & Libya form common market 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract 1989 Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen 1993 Ha‹tian ferry boat capsize in storm, 800-2,000 die 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m freestyle (21.60 sec) Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 1748th day of the year with 317 days left (Numerology = 1) 1896 -5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1976 67øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 1702/17/44 --- Mairzy Doats --- Merry Macs 02/17/50 --- Rag Mop --- Wills, Johnnie Lee 02/17/54 --- Cross Over The Bridge --- Page, Patti 02/17/58 --- Wonderful Time Up There, A --- Boone, Pat 02/17/58 --- It's Too Soon To Know --- Boone, Pat 02/17/62 --- Percolator (Twist) --- Billy Joe & The Checkmates 02/17/62 --- Midnight In Moscow --- Ball, Kenny 02/17/62 --- Her Royal Majesty --- Darren, James 02/17/62 --- Twistin' The Night Away --- Cooke, Sam 02/17/68 --- I Thank You --- Sam & Dave 02/17/73 --- Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) --- Deodato 02/17/73 --- Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First --- Knight, Gladys & The Pips 02/17/79 --- Sultans Of Swing --- Dire Straits 02/17/90 --- I Wish It Would Rain Down --- Collins, Phil 02/17/90 --- Keep It Together --- Madonna 02/17/90 --- Get Up! 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