History is Bunkum and Today is No Different!- Saturday, February 11, 2012

Happenings in History Today for Saturday, February 11, 2012.

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Today's historical events ..

0385 - Oldest Pope elected; Siricius-bishop of Tarragona
0824 - St Paschal I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1531 - Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England
1543 - Battle at Wayna Daga: Ethiopian/Portugese troops beat Moslem army
1543 - Karel/Henry VIII sign anti-French covenant
1573 - 1st European, Francis Drake sees the Pacific (from Panama)
1575 - King Frederick of Denmark offers island of Hveen to Tycho Brahe
1638 - Dutch countess Louise of Solms marries earl John of Brederode
1720 - Sweden & Prussia sign peace (2nd Treaty of Stockholm)
1752 - Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened
1766 - Stamp Act declared unconstitutional in Virginia
1768 - Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes
1790 - Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery
1793 - Prussian troops occupy Venlo Neth
1794 - 1st session of US Senate open to the public
1808 - Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1809 - Robert Fulton patents steamboat
1810 - Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
1811 - Pres Madison prohibits trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years
1812 - Mass Gov Gerry signs a redistricting bill-1st "gerrymander"
1814 - Norway's independence proclaimed
1826 - London University founded
1837 - American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
1840 - Gaetano Donizetti's Opera "La Fille du Regiment," premieres in Paris
1843 - Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan
1851 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
1852 - 1st British public female toilet opens (Bedford Street London)
1854 - Major streets lit by coal gas for 1st time
1858 - 1st apparition of Mary to 14-year-old Bernadette of Lourdes France
1861 - President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC
1861 - US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state
1873 - Spanish Cortes fires king Amadeus I
1878 - 1st US bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, forms
1878 - 1st weekly Weather report published in UK
1889 - Meiji constitution of Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890
1895 - -17øF (-27.2øC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
1895 - Georgetown became part of Wash DC
1896 - Oscar Wildes "Salom‚," premieres in Paris
1897 - White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
1898 - Owen Smith of NC, AME Zion minister, named minister to Liberia
1899 - -15øF (-26øC), Washington, DC (district record)
1899 - -61øF, Montana (record low temperature)
1902 - Police beats up universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
1903 - Anton Bruckner's 9th Symfonie premieres in Vienna
1905 - James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299«-last pin breaks but stands
1905 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos
1907 - De Master's Dutch govt resigns
1907 - Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die
1908 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1908 - Heemskerk's govt begins in Holland
1916 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1916 - Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control
1919 - Friedrich Ebert (SPD), elected president of Germany
1921 - Ambassador Theater opens at 215 W 49th St NYC
1922 - "April Showers" by Al Jolson hits #1
1922 - US intervention army leaves Honduras
1926 - Tokelau (Union) Islands in South Pacific transfers to NZ
1927 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
1927 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
1928 - 2nd Winter Olympic games opens in St Moritz, Switzerland
1929 - Eugene O'Neill's "Dynamo," premieres in NYC
1929 - Vatican City (world's smallest country) made an enclave of Rome
1932 - 73øF highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in February
1935 - -11øF (-24øC), Ifrane, Morocco (African record low)
1935 - 1st US airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, NY
1936 - Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in SF Bay
1937 - 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
1938 - Steve Casey beats Lou Thesz in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1941 - 1st Gold record presented (Glenn Miller-Chattanooga Choo Choo)
1941 - Lt-Gen Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli
1941 - Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments
1942 - "Archie" comic book debuts
1943 - General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe
1943 - Transport nr 47 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1944 - German troops reconquer Aprilia Italy
1944 - U-424 sunk off Ireland
1945 - 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested, Downey, CA
1945 - Yalta agreement signed by FDR, Churchill & Stalin
1948 - Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
1948 - John Costello follows Eamon Da Valera as premier of Ireland
1948 - Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, v England Port-of-Spain
1949 - Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
1950 - "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
1951 - Kwame Nkrumah wins 1st parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)
1953 - "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
1953 - J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg," premieres in NYC
1953 - Pres Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
1953 - Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
1954 - 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden wins
1957 - KUMV TV channel 8 in Williston, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 - NHL Players Assn forms (NYC), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1958 - 1st flight with black stewardess, RC Taylor, Ithaca NY
1958 - Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
1958 - Ruth Carol Taylor is 1st Afr-American woman hired as flight attendant
1958 - WTVC TV channel 9 in Chattanooga, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1959 - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1960 - Jack Paar walks off his TV show
1961 - Robert Weaver sworn in with then highest federal post by a black
1961 - Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem
1962 - Beatles record "Please, Please Me"
1963 - Beatles tape 10 tracks for their 1st album
1963 - CIA Domestic Operations Division created (pretty scary!)
1964 - Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
1964 - Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
1964 - Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
1965 - Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox
1965 - Braves propose to pay 5› from each ticket to bring a new team to Milw
1966 - SF Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year
1968 - Israeli-Jordan border fight
1968 - Jeffrey Kramer survives 76-m jump, Wash Bridge, Hudson River NY
1968 - Madison Square Garden III closes MSG IV opens (NYC)
1969 - Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 - Dorey Funk Jr beats Gene Kiniski in Tampa, to become NWA champ
1970 - 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
1970 - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
1970 - John Lennon pays œ1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
1971 - Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
1971 - US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
1973 - 1st one-day international for Pakistan & NZ
1973 - 1st sub 17-min 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s)
1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Naples-Lely Golf Classic
1973 - Philadelphia 76ers lose their 20th NBA game in a row
1974 - Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
1974 - Titan-Centaur Test launch fails
1974 - 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
1975 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership
1976 - Clifford Alexander Jr confirmed as 1st black secretary of Army
1977 - 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
1978 - 16 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1978 - 25th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin
1978 - China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens
1978 - EOKA organization disbands in Cyprus
1979 - "They're Playing Our Song" opens at Imperial NYC for 1082 perfs
1979 - 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC
1979 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1979 - Iran's premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power
1979 - Musical "They're Playing Our Song," premieres in NYC
1981 - Australia all out 83 v India at MCG chasing 143 to win
1981 - Polish premier Jozef Pinkowski replaced by Wojciech Jaruzelski
1982 - Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
1983 - "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
1983 - 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm))
1984 - 10th space shuttle mission (41-B)-Challenger 4-returns to Earth
1984 - Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1985 - Jordan king Hussein & PLO leader Arafat sign accord
1985 - Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minn Twins
1985 - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
1986 - Activist Anatoly Scharansky released by USSR, leaves country
1986 - Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1986 - Iran begins Fajr-8 offensive against Iraq
1987 - British Airways begins trading stocks
1987 - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1987 - Philippines constitution goes into effect
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 - Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
1989 - Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcopalian)
1989 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
1990 - 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami
1990 - James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown
1990 - Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa
1990 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1991 - UNPO, Unrepresented Nations & People Org forms in Hague Neth
1992 - F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Neth (No deaths)
1992 - Michael Johnson runs indoor world record 400m (44.97 sec)
1993 - Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Rochester NY (WRQI)
1993 - Irina Privalova runs world record 60m indoor (6.92 secs)
1993 - Janet Reno selected by Clinton as US Attorney General
1994 - Lu Parker, (South Carolina), crowned 43rd Miss USA
1994 - Space shuttle STS-60 (Discovery 18), lands
1995 - Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
1995 - Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.55 sec)
1995 - Sandra V”lker swims European record 50m backstroke (27.67 sec)
1995 - Space shuttle STS-63 (Discovery 19), lands
1995 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge
1995 - West Indies score 5-660 against NZ
1996 - 46th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 129-118 at San Antonio
1997 - Bill Parcells becomes head coach of NY Jets
1997 - STS 82 (Discovery 22) launches
1998 - KVBC-FM (Las Vegas) offers Monica Lewinsky $5M for interview
1998 - Lyrics to "Candle in the Wind 1997," auctioned for $442,500

Who was born today? ..

1380 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italy, humanist
1465 - Elizabeth of York, London, Consort of King Henry VII
1506 - Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
1535 - Gregory XIV, [Niccol• Sfondrati], Roman Catholic pope (1590-91)
1557 - John Wtenbogaert, remonstrants theologist
1568 - Honor‚ d'Urf‚, French writer (L'Astr‚e)
1657 - Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds)
1732 - George Washington [NS=Feb 22]
1755 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer
1764 - Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)
1776 - Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen (1827-31)
1780 - K v Gnderode, writer
1783 - Jarena Lee, famous African
1790 - Ignaz Assmayer, composer
1800 - William Henry Fox Talbot, Wiltshire England, photographic pioneer
1802 - Lydia Maria Child, US, author/abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany)
1810 - Loisa Puget, composer
1812 - Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Vice Pres (Confederacy), died in 1883
1812 - Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1883
1819 - Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer
1821 - Auguste douard Mariette, Fren egyptologist, (dug out Sphinx 12/16/42)
1821 - Hermann Allmers, writer
1829 - William Anderson Pile, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1830 - Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
1830 - Peter Arnold Heise, composer
1833 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th chief justice
1839 - Josiah Willard Gibbs, theoretical physicist/chemist
1840 - Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), died in 1884
1846 - William Fox Talbot, pioneer photographer/inventor
1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, Milan Ohio, lit up your life (held 1200 patents)
1860 - Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus)
1867 - August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist
1869 - Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller, Dutch founder (Kr”ller-Mller Museum)
1873 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author/novelist (Pages from My Life)
1874 - Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author
1874 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer
1875 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
1879 - Jean Gilbert, composer
1882 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer
1883 - Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer/conductor (Sulamith)
1887 - Ernst "Putzi" Hanfst„ngl, German/US pianist/politician (NSDAP)
1887 - John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
1889 - John Mills, dancer (Mills Brothers)
1889 - Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, composer
1890 - John P M L de Vries, fairy tale writer
1891 - J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
1893 - Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary (Festival)
1894 - Alfonso Leng, composer
1894 - Isaac M Kolthoff, chemist (Massenanalyse)
1895 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
1896 - Else Lasker-Schler, writer
1897 - Yves de La Casiniere, composer
1898 - Leo Szilard, Hungary, physicist/A-bomb worker/peace activist
1900 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher
1900 - Thomas Hitchcock Jr, great polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39)
1903 - Hans Redlich, composer
1903 - Rex Lease, WV, actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand)
1904 - Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79)
1904 - Keith Holyoake, New Zealand PM (1960-72)
1905 - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Neth/Indonesian writer (Camp diary)
1906 - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
1907 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator
1908 - Josh White, rocker
1908 - Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguistic/author/novelist
1908 - Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer (British Antarctic Survey)
1909 - Joseph L Mankiewicz, Wilkes-Barre PA, film writer/director (Sleuth)
1909 - Max Baer, Omaha Nebraska, heavyweight boxing champ (1934-35)
1911 - Alec Cairncross, chancellor (Glasgow U)
1912 - Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season)
1912 - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist (Julliard)
1913 - Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer
1914 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer
1914 - Matt Dennis, Seattle Wash, vocalist (Matt Dennis Show)
1914 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer
1914 - Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam
1915 - Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (VARA Orch, Orkestgebouw Orch)
1915 - Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
1915 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, author
1916 - Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist
1917 - Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer
1917 - Sidney Sheldon, novelist (1947 Academy Award, 1959 Tony, Bloodline)
1919 - Gretchen Fraser, Tacoma Wash, slalom skier (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 - Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
1920 - Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
1920 - Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
1920 - Paul Peter Piech, artist
1921 - Eva Gabor, Budapest Hungary, actress (Lisa-Green Acres, Gigi)
1921 - Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
1922 - Leslie Nielsen, Regina Sask, actor (Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
1922 - Tudor Jarda, composer
1923 - Baroness Sharples
1923 - Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
1924 - Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
1925 - Kim Stanley, [Patricia Reid], Tularosa NM, actress (Right Stuff)
1925 - Peter Berger, British vice-admiral
1925 - Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist (Masters & Johnson)
1926 - Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera)
1926 - Paul Bocuse, France, great chef (Legion of Honor)
1928 - Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
1928 - Conrad Janis, NYC, actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino)
1928 - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
1928 - Raoul Cita, rocker
1929 - Leonard Gregory Kastle, composer
1930 - Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Oly-gold-1960)
1930 - C H Dearnley, organist
1930 - Earl of Rosebery
1931 - Larry Merchant, author/boxing commentator (Showtime)
1932 - Dennis Skinner, MP
1932 - Jerome Lowenthal, Phila, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music)
1934 - Francesco Pennisi, composer
1934 - John Surtees, British race car driver
1934 - Mary Quant, Kent England, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look)
1934 - Patrick Holmes Sellors, ophthalmologist
1934 - Tina Louise, NYC, actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas)
1935 - Bent Lorentzen, composer
1935 - Gene Vincent, Norfolk Va, rock guitarist/vocalist (Be-Bop-A-Lula)
1936 - Burt Reynolds, Mich, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball)
1937 - Bill Lawry, cricketer (dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit)
1937 - Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
1937 - Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
1937 - Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
1938 - Bevan Congdon, cricketer (NZ batsman of 60s & 70s)
1938 - Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1938 - Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian general/dictator (-1990)
1938 - Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
1938 - Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic-gold-1964)
1939 - Bryan Gould, MP
1939 - Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King)
1939 - Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood)
1940 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett, rocker (Monster Mash)
1940 - Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 - Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
1941 - Jeremy Mackenzie, general
1941 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1942 - Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
1942 - James Couchman, MP
1942 - Leon Haywood, US vocalist/keyboardist (It's Got to be Mellow)
1942 - Otis Clay, US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
1942 - Tony Colton, rock producer (On the Boards)
1943 - Iain Cameron, British brigadier
1943 - Win Griffiths, MP
1944 - Bert Greene, golfer
1944 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1944 - Michael G Oxley, (Rep-R-OH, 1981- )
1946 - M C Walker, CEO (Iceland Frozen Foods)
1946 - Timothy Chambers, pediatrician
1948 - Sue Bernard, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Dec, 1966)
1949 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist (Blackfoot)
1950 - Clarence Ellis, NFLer
1950 - Earnest Jim Istook, (Rep-R-Oklahoma)
1950 - Johanna E "Joke" Beerens, actress (Schipper Next to God)
1950 - Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
1953 - Alan Rubin, music figure (Blues Brothers)
1953 - Philip Anglim, SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds)
1953 - Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1954 - Catherine Hickland, Ft Lauderdale, actress (Capitol, Star Trek IV)
1956 - Kathleen Beller, Queens NY, actress (Ft Apache the Bronx, Touched)
1958 - Michael Jackson, controller (BBC2)
1958 - Regina Marsikova, Czech, tennis star
1959 - Corinne Shigemoto, US judo coach (Olympics-96)
1960 - Richard A Mastracchio, Waterbury Ct, astronaut
1961 - Becky LeBeau, LA Calif, vocalist (Mischief)
1961 - Carey Lowell, NYC, actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close)
1961 - Mary Docter, US, 3000m speed skater (Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92)
1962 - Scott Kolden, Torrance Calif, actor (Scott-Me & the Champ)
1963 - Todd Benzinger, US baseball player (SF Giants)
1964 - Sheryl Crow, vocalist (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995)
1965 - Angie Ridgeway, Wabash IN, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee-8th)
1966 - Alexander Semak, Ufa Russia, NHL center (NY Islanders)
1966 - Anthony Parker, NFL cornerback (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams, TB Bucs)
1966 - Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star
1966 - Stephen Gregory, NYC, actor (Chase-Young & Restless)
1967 - Barbara Byrne, Princeton NJ, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 - Chris Reohr, Ridley Park Pa, fencer (Olympics-96)
1967 - Derek King, Hamilton, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
1967 - John Patterson, US baseball infielder (SF Giants)
1969 - Bryan Eversgerd, US baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1969 - Jennifer Aniston, Sherman Oaks Calif, actress (Rachel-Friends)
1969 - Joe Valerio, NFL outside corner/tackle (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Kevin King, US baseball pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1969 - Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman)
1969 - Mary Stoker, Miss Wisconsin USA (1996)
1969 - Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988)
1970 - Alistair Brown, cricketer (Surrey & England ODI opening batsman 1996)
1970 - Jason Allyn Scott, Iowa City Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1971 - Jennifer Lynne Faucette, Burlington Vermont, Miss America-Vt (1996)
1971 - John Bock, NFL center (NY Jets, Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
1972 - Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player (FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag)
1973 - Tom Tumulty, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 - Brian Newman, guard (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 - Ronnie Ward, linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1974 - Wally Richardson, quarterback (Baltimore Ravens)
1975 - Chuck Watanabe, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1975 - Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1975 - Kim Weir, Miss USA-Nebraska (1997)
1976 - Brice Beckham, Long Beach Calif, actor (Wesley-Mr Belvedare)
1976 - Tony Battie, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
1977 - Jessica Carlson, Kalamazoo Mich, archer (alt-Olympics-1996)
1977 - Stephanie Richardson, Toronto Ontario, 200m/800m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 - Veronica Marie Duka, Campbellsville KY, Miss America (Ky-Top 10-1997)
1979 - Brandy [Norwood], singer (Les Miserables, Moisha)
1980 - Matthew Lawrence, Montgomery Pa, actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break)
1980 - Natasha Bobo, Watsonville Calif, actress (Sally-Together We Stand)
1997 - Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson

Who died today? ..

0641 - Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
0731 - Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies
0821 - Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies
0824 - Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
0867 - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
1141 - Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies
1503 - Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday
1543 - Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle
1554 - Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule
1622 - Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64
1650 - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71
1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83
1806 - Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51
1841 - J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55
1868 - L‚on Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies
1870 - Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76
1870 - Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66
1879 - Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
1879 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67
1882 - Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65
1892 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63
1894 - Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70
1899 - George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
1901 - Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56
1903 - Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67
1907 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80
1911 - Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66
1922 - Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
1931 - Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies
1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64
1940 - John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Gov-Gen of Canada (1935-40), dies
1941 - Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63
1944 - Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies
1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53
1945 - J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
1948 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
1961 - Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 - Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34
1963 - Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30
1968 - Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78
1969 - James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
1970 - Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
1971 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1972 - Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
1974 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
1976 - Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies
1976 - Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
1976 - Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64
1977 - Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
1978 - James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84
1982 - Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
1982 - Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83
1985 - Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1985 - Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68
1986 - Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65
1989 - George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1991 - Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90
1992 - Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1993 - George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
1993 - Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure
1993 - Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident
1994 - Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23
1994 - Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64
1994 - William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
1996 - Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65
1996 - Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 - Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
1996 - Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
1997 - Don Porter, actor (Gidget), dies at 84

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