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1494 Johan Friis, chancellor of Denmark; helped establish Lutheranism 1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) 1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) 1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English chief minister/founded Tories 1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies 1791 Carl Czerny, Wien (Vienna), pianist (could he turn out ‚tudes!) 1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer 1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philospher 1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) 1844 Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter 1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Cura‡ao, folk singer 1870 Pieter C Boutens, poet (Beatrix) 1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen) 1881 Pedro Mu¤oz Seca, La vengeanza the don Mendo 1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night) 1886 B‚la Kun, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) 1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel) 1888 Dame Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher 1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest) 1888 Marie Rambert, [Cyvia M Ramberg], Polish/England, ballerina 1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father) 1896 Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist 1897 Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) 1898 Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari) 1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways) 19-- Andrew Stele, Willmington Delaware, (Billy Campbell-Melrose Place) 19-- Claudette Wells, St Louis Mo, actress (Square Pegs) 19-- Henry Polic II, Pitts Pa, actor (When Things Were Rotten, Webster) 19-- Kee Marcello, rocker (Europe-Final Countdown) 19-- Patricia Smith, New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show) 1900 Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer 1901 Ali M Naguib, Egyptian general 1901 Ali M Naguib, General of Egyptian Air Force 1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist 1901 Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory) 1901 Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54) 1901 Ren‚ Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease) 1902 Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award) 1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian boxer 1904 Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80) 1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat) 1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way) 1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker 1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody) 1913 Nadine Conner, US, (actress?) 1914 John Daly, S Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line) 1914 Willem J H Bart, vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi) 1916 Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners) 1916 Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination) 1921 Amanda Blake, Buffalo, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke) 1921 Joseph A Walker, X-15 pilot 1923 Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85) 1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great, poor little rich girl 1924 Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927 1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night) 1925 Robert Altman, movie director (Nashville, M*A*S*H) 1926 Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder Digital Equipment Corp 1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56) 1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor" for Sen Joseph McCarthy 1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) 1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme) 1933 Hannes Postma, graphic artist 1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500) 1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes) 1936 Marj Dusay, Rusell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick) 1937 David Ackles, Illinois, singer/songwriter (American Gothic) 1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz singer (Feel Like Making Love) 1937 Robert Huber, Mnchen, Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988) 1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone) 1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City) 1942 Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985- ) 1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man) 1942 Phil Esposito, NHL player/coach/GM (Bruins, Rangers) 1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3) 1946 J Geils, rock guitarist/vocalist (Freeze-Frame, Centerfold) 1946 Mieke H A Boers-W˜nberg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) 1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family) 1947 Andr‚ van Duin, [Kyvon], entertainer (Bloemkoole) 1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42) 1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Czech, ex-wife of Donald Trump 1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart) 1950 Walter Becker, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg) 1951 Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free) 1951 Randy California, LA, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You) 1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch) 1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya) 1954 Vasili Vasiliyevich Tsibliyev, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut 1955 Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Dr Fraiser Crane-Cheers) 1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985) 1960 Mark Reilly, [Matt Bianco], rocker (Indio-Big Harvest) 1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story) 1963 Charles Barkley, Ala, NBA forward (Phila 76ers, All Star 1987-90) 1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982) 1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20 1966 Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit) 1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986) 1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990) 1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 201054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies 1194 Tancredo van Lecce, King of Sicily, dies 1431 Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies 1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies 1773 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardina/Duke of Savoy (KE III), dies 1860 Henry Drummond, English banker, dies 1861 A Eugne Scribe, French playwright (Fra Diavoli), dies 1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies 1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 78 1907 Henry Moissan, French chemist (Nobel 1906), dies 1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered 1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician, Nobel winner, dies 1920 Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies 1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, dies at 67 1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), dies at 75 1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), dies at 90 1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76 1975 Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), dies at 61 1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, eldest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96 1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident 1983 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33 1985 Clarence Nash, voice of Donald Duck, dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif 1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies 1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51 1992 Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies at 63 of emphysema 1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 20[US] John Glenn Day (1962) [World] Brotherhood Day (1934) [US] President's Day (formerly Washington's Birthday)-legal holiday Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 20[Christian] Feast of Chair of St Peter at Antioch 743 [RC] Feast of St Eucherius 1620 [Luth] Commemoration of Rasmus Jensen, pastor 1994 [Christian] 1st Sunday in Lent 1996 [Christian] Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 20 [Ancient Rome] a d x Kal Mar Daytona 500 (3rd Sunday in February) 0320 Astrological sign: Pisces 1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London) 1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for œ100/scalp bounty 1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company receives charter, Pa 1792 US postal service created; postage 6›-12«›, depending on distance 1809 Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state 1816 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premiers in Rome 1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74ø 15' S, 1520 km from S pole 1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow 1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die 1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia 1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore 1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg-many die 1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy is established 1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida 1865 M I T establishes 1st US collegiate architectural school 1869 Tenn Gov WC Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis 1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin 1872 Toothpick manufacturing machine patented in US 1873 U of Calif gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF) 1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #160 Una 1877 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky 1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organized 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh 1890 R Luther discovers asteroid #288 Glauke 1895 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo 1899 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes 1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #469 Argentina 1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF 1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die 1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt 1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran 1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to join Poland 1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions 1922 independence day of Vilnus Lithuania, votes for to seperate of Poland 1927 Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath 1928 O Oikawa discovers asteroid #1090 Sumida 1929 American Samoa organized as a territory of US 1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge 1933 Curom, Cura‡aose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech 1933 House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition 1934 O Bancilhon discovers asteroid #1333 Cevenola 1934 Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC 1935 Caroline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica 1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca 1938 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1482 Sebastiana & #3569 1938 UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany 1938 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1449 Virtanen, #1450 Raimonda & #2898 1941 1st transport of Jews to concentration camp (Plotsk Poland) 1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation 1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherland 1942 Lt E H O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (M‚xico) 1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premiers in newspapers 1944 US landing on Eniwetok atol 1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA 1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India 1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns 1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour 1950 WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC 1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford) 1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia 1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting 1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner 1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7) 1963 Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract 1965 Beatles record "That Means a Lot" 1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data 1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M 1972 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109) 1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins 1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 M from Houston Aeros, WHA 1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jean-Pierre Coopman 1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus 1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski 1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds 1982 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2636 Lassell & #3193 Elliot 1982 NY Islanders win record 15th straight NHL game 1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) 1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany 1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating 1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec) 1988 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0 1988 Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for #37.6 million 1988 Rob Druppers runs world record 1000m indoor (2:16.2) 1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp 1993 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31 Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 2051st day of the year with 314 days left (Numerology = 4) 1939 69øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1950 7øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2002/20/42 --- I Don't Want To Walk Without You --- James, Harry 02/20/42 --- Rose O'Day --- Smith, Kate 02/20/61 --- Apache --- Ingmann, Jorgen 02/20/61 --- Surrender --- Presley, Elvis 02/20/61 --- Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes) --- Thomas, Carla 02/20/65 --- Can't You Hear My Heartbeat --- Herman's Hermits 02/20/71 --- Me And Bobby McGee --- Joplin, Janis 02/20/71 --- She's A Lady --- Jones, Tom 02/20/71 --- Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted --- Partridge Family 02/20/71 --- Help Me Make It Through The Night --- Smith, Sammi 02/20/71 --- Just My Imagination (Running Away With M --- Temptations 02/20/82 --- Do You Believe In Love --- Lewis, Huey & The News 02/20/82 --- Chariots Of Fire - Titles --- Vangelis 02/20/88 --- Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car --- Ocean, Billy 02/20/93 --- Two Princes --- Spin Doctors |
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