Today in History

24th February

1303 The Battle of Roslin - a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. The war itself lasted from the invasion by England in 1296 until the legal restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh - Northampton in 1328.

1711 The London première of Handel's 'Rinaldo'. It was the first Italian opera written for the London stage.

1909 Suffragettes attempted to break into the Houses of Parliament. The police made 29 arrests.

1920 Lady Nancy Astor, (the first woman to ever hold a seat in the House of Commons), became the first woman to speak in Parliament.

1962 The Beatles played a concert at the Birkenhead YMCA for a fee of £30. The audience didn't enjoy the show and the Beatles were booed off stage. They left early for a second gig at Liverpool's Cavern Club, and the rest, as they say, is history.
 
Feb 24th
1839
William Otis of Philadelphia patents steam shovel
1868
!st U.S. parade with floats happened during Mardi Gras in Mobile, Ala
1946
General Juan Peron becomes Argentina's 1st President
1969
movie' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' is released directed by Ronald Neame,based on book by Muriel Spark. Maggie Smith stars as 'eccentric ' teacher at a girls school in Edinburgh,Scotland, her influence on them. Other cast members, Robert Stephens{Smith's husband at the time} Gordon Jackson,Pamela Franklin. Maggie won Best Actress Oscar, she won her 2nd Oscar for best supp actress in 'California Suite'
2008
Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba after 50 yrs due to health problems, His brother Raul takes over
 
Feb 24 Birthdays:
1786
Wilheim Grimm- German storyteller- Grimm Fairy Tales'
1836
Winslow Homer- U.S. painter
1890
Marjorie Main- actress 'Ma&Pa Kettle' movies
1921
Abe Vigoda- actor 'Fish' on TV show 'Barney Miller, movie'The Godfather'
1932
Michel Legrand-French movie composer'Windmills of Your MInd, Summer of 42'
1947
Edward James Olmos- actor TV show 'Miami Vice' movie'Stand&Deliver'
1981
Lleyton Hewitt- retired Australian tennis player
Deaths:
1815
Robert Fulton- inventor of 1st commerical steamboat 49
1990
Malcom Forbes- businessman/publisher of Forbes Magazine 70
1994
Dianah Shore- actress/singer/ TV hostess
1998
Henny Youngman- comedian'Take My Wife Please...." 91
2006
Don Knotts- comedic actor' Barney Fife' on "Andy Griffith Show' 81
2020
Katherine Johnson-NASA mathematican her story depicted movie 'Hidden Figures' 101
 
This day in History February 25th

1994 An Israeli doctor kills 30 unarmed Palestinians in the Mosque of Abraham
The massacre by right-wing extremist Baruch Goldstein was widely condemned, also in Israel.

1991 The Warsaw Pact is disbanded
Following the end of the Cold War, the defense treaty between 8 communist states had lost its purpose. It had been signed in 1955 as an antagonist of NATO.

1986 Corazon Aquino is sworn in as the 11th President of the Philippines
Aquino's presidency ended 20 years of dictatorship. She was the first female president in Asia.

1964 Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion
Ali, who still used his original name Cassius Clay at the time, is considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history.

1947 The state of Prussia is dissolved
At its peak, the most important state of the German empire encompassed parts of modern-day Germany, Poland, and Russia.

Side note: am I the only one that finds it strange that 67 years to the day, from the Warsaw Pact, disbanded Russia attacks Ukraine.
 
Births On This Day, February 25th 🎂

1943 George Harrison
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1917 Anthony Burgess
English author

1873 Enrico Caruso
Italian tenor

1861 Rudolf Steiner
Austrian philosopher, educator

1778 José de San Martín
Argentinian general, politician, 1st President of Peru

Deaths On This Day, February 25th 🪦

2001 Donald Bradman
Australian cricketer

1975 Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader

1970 Mark Rothko
Latvian/American painter

1723 Christopher Wren
English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral

805 Emperor Dzong of Tang
 
25th February

1570 Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V. He declared her a usurper for her severe persecution of Roman Catholics in England. It was the last such judgment made against a reigning monarch by any pope.

1913 English suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst went on trial for a bomb attack on the home of David Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

1939 The first Anderson air raid shelter in Britain was erected in a garden in Islington, London. These World War Two shelters were set 3 to 4 feet deep into the ground and consisted of six corrugated iron sheets bolted together at the top, covered with earth. They were surprisingly robust and saved thousands of lives. In all, two and a half million were built.

1953 An inquest heard that the Princess Victoria, a ferry which sank off Belfast drowning 133 people had met 'a howling gale and an horrific rolling sea that attacked the ship from all sides.' When the decision was made to turn back towards Stranraer a huge wave forced open the stern doors on the car deck, buckling them in the process and flooding the car deck which caused the ship to roll over and sink.
 
1836
industralist/inventor, Samuel Colt patents 1st multi shot revolving cylinder revolver. It could be fired multiple times without reloading
1919
Oregon became the 1st state to tax gasoline at 1 cent/gallon
1963
The Beatles release their 1st U.S. single' Please,Please, Me'
1986
Corazon Aquino becomes Philppines 11th President, former Pres, Ferdinand Marcos flees the country
1973
Stephen Sondheim's musical' A Little Night Music' opens at Shubert Theatre in NYC,runs for 601 performances. Its about romantic lives of couples at a country estate The original cast members :
Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, Glynis Johns,was nominate for 12 Tony Awards,won 6 incl Best Musical. The best known song from the show' Send in The Clowns'
 
Feb 25th Birthdays:
1841
Pierre Auguste Renoir- French impressionist painter
1873
Enrico Caruso-Italian operatic tenor
1913
Jim Backus- actor,voice of cartoon character' Mr Magoo', best known TV role 'Thurston Howell, III on "Gilligan's Island' '64-'67
1917
Anthony Burgess- novelist' A Clockwork Orange'
1944
Karen Grassie' Caroline' on TV show' little House on The Prairie'
1971
Sean Astin- actor ' Rudy', The Goonies, Lord of The Rings' -his parents,actress Patty Duke,adoptive father, actor John Astin
Deaths:
1723
Christopher Wren- English astronomer/architect 90
1970
Mark Rothko- U.S. abstract expressionist painter 66
1983
Tennessee Williams- playwright'Cat on A Hot Tin Roof', A Streetcar Named Desire' 71
1987
James Coco-character actor/singer'Man of LaMancha, Murder by Death' 56
2006
Darren McGavin-actor 'The Night Stalker', A Christmas Story' 83
2013
C. Everrett Koop- pediatric surgeon,13th U.S.Surgeon General"82-'89 96
2017
Bill Paxton- actor 'Twister, True Lies, Big Love' 61
 
This day in History February 26th

1993 A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York
The attack was carried out by a group of Islamist militants. 6 people died in the blast.

1991 The world's first web browser is presented to the public
The browser “WorldWideWeb” (later renamed “Nexus”) was developed by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist best known as the inventor of the internet.

1920 The first German Expressionist film is premiered
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” by Robert Wiene is considered one of the best silent films of the horror genre.

1917 The world's first jazz record is created
The “Original Dixieland Jass Band” recorded “Livery Stable Blues” for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York.

1909 A color motion picture is shown to the general public for the first time
A series of 21 short Kinemacolor films were presented at the Palace Theatre in London.
 
Births On This Day, February 26th 🎂

1954 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkish politician, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey

1932 Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor

1928 Ariel Sharon
Israeli general, politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel

1852 John Harvey Kellogg
American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes

1802 Victor Hugo
French author, poet, playwright

Deaths this day, February 26th 🪦

1994 Bill Hicks
American comedian

1989 Roy Eldridge
American trumpet player

1981 Robert Aickman
English author

1966 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Indian politician

1821 Joseph de Maistre
French diplomat
 
1895
Michael Owens in Toldeo,Ohio patents glass-blowing machine
1919
Grand Canyon National Park located in NW Arizona becomes the 15th site to be named a national park. Its comprise of Grand Canyon,gorge of Colorado River,park covers over 1.2 million acres,governed by U.S. Park Service. The park had over 2.8 mil visitors in 2020
1973
Triple Crown winning horse' Sectretariat' was bought for record $5.7 mill
1983
Michael Jackson's album' Thriller' debuts at #1 on music charts, stays there for 37 weeks
1989
Tom Landry, coach of NFL Dallas Cowboys is fired after 29 yrs
2017
At the Academy Awards, major mixup when presenters, Warren Beatty&Faye Dunaway were handed the wrong envelope for Best Picture. They announced it was 'La La Land,' the real winner was' Moonlight'
 
Feb 26th Birthdays:
1564
Christopher Marlowe- English poet/dramatist' Dr Faust'
1802
Victor Hugo- French author' Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables'
1829
Levi Strauss- German born/U.S. clothing designer,who founded 1st company to manufacteur blue jeans, Levi Strauss&Company
1846
William'Buffalo Bill' Cody- wild west hunter/showman
1893
William Fawley- actor best known TV role'Fred Mertz' in "I Love Lucy'
1928
Antione' Fats' Domino- U.S. r&b piano player/singer' Blueberry Hill' Walkin To New Orleans'
1949
Elizabeth George- author of' Inspector Thomas Lynley'mystery novels
Deaths:
1903
Richard Gatling-inventor of the Gatling 1st hand cranked machine gun 84
1981
Howard Hanson- U.S. classical composer/conductor 84
1997
David Doyle- actor was voice "Charlie' in TV show 'Charlie's Angels' 67
2017
Joseph Wapner- judge in TV show' The People's Court' 97
 
This day in History, February 27th

2010 A massive earthquake strikes Chile
The tremor measured 8.8 on the Richter scale and left more than 500 people dead and thousands injured.

2002 A Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims
The attack killed 59 people, including many women and children.

1943 Non-violent protests in Berlin prevent the deportation of 2000 jews
The “Rosenstrasse protest” was carried out by the “Aryan” wives and relatives of detained Jewish men.

1933 Germany's parliament building is set on fire
The Nazis used the Reichstag fire to justify harsh repression against political opponents. The event is considered pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany.

1932 The neutron is discovered
English physicist James Chadwick was later awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
 
Births On This Day, February 27th 🎂

1994 Hou Yifan
Chinese chess player

1934 Ralph Nader
American lawyer, author, activist

1932 Elizabeth Taylor
English/American actress

1902 John Steinbeck
American author, Nobel Prize laureate

1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet

Deaths On This Day, February 27th 🪦

2011 Frank Buckles
American soldier

2008 William F. Buckley, Jr.
American publisher, an author, founded the National Review

2002 Spike Milligan
Indian/Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, author

1989 Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate

1936 Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
 
1827
The 1st Mardi Gras celebration happened in New Orleans
1879
Constantin Fahlberg, Russian chemist discovers saccharin,artifical sweetner
1968
Walter Cronkite, CBS Evening News anchor, gives a scathing editorial of U.S. chances of winning Vietnam War
1974
'People' magazine, publishes its 1st issue,with actress Mia Farrow on the cover. The price was 35 cents, now its $6
1981
Paul McCartney &Stevie Wonder record single' Ebony&Ivory' was #1 on Billboard Top 100 for 7 weeks
 
Feb 27th Birthdays:
272- Constantine the Great
1891
David Sarnoff- U.S. radio/TV pioneer' RCA,NBC Network
1902
John Steinbeck- author'Grapes of Wrath'
1923
Dexter Gordon- U.S. jazz saxaphonist'Round Midnight'
1930
Joanne Woodward- actress/philanthropist,widow of actor Paul Newman who died in '08
She won Best Actress Oscar for "The 3 Faces of Eve' 58. She was the 1st person to receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star in 1960.
1981
Josh Groban- singer' You Raise Me Up'
Deaths:
1892
Louis Vuitton-French founder of leather goods that bears his name 70
1968
Frankie Lymon of pop group'The Teenagers' 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love' 25
1985
J.Pat O'Mally- Irish/English character actor 80
1993
Lillan Gish- silent film/stage actress 'Birth of a Nation' 99
2015
Leonard Nimoy- actor TV shows' Star Trek' Mission Impossible' 83
 
This day in History, February 28th

2013 Pope Benedict XVI resigns
The pope whose birth name is Joseph Ratzinger was the first leader of the Catholic Church to resign in 1415.

1991 The first Gulf War ends
The armed conflict had lasted a little over half a year and claimed over 100,000 civilian casualties.

1986 Swedish prime minister Olof Palme is assassinated
Even though over 130 people have confessed to the murder, the case has never been solved.

1975 A London underground train crashes into the end of the tunnel at Moorgate station
The Moorgate tube crash claimed 43 lives and was the deadliest accident in the London Underground during peacetime.

1935 Nylon is invented
Wallace Carothers first produced the polymer at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
 
Births On This Day, February 28th 🎂

1953 Paul Krugman
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1948 Bernadette Peters
American actress, singer, author

1929 Frank Gehry
Canadian/American architect, designed 8 Spruce Street, Walt Disney Concert Hall

1901 Linus Pauling
American chemist, activist, Nobel Prize laureate

1894 Ben Hecht
American screenwriter, director, producer

Deaths On This Day, February 28th 🪦

2009 Paul Harvey
American radio host

2007 Billy Thorpe
English/Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

1977 Eddie Anderson
American actor

1925 Friedrich Ebert
German politician, 1st President of Germany

1916 Henry James
American/English author
 
28th February

1900 The four-month siege of the British garrison at Ladysmith in Natal (South Africa) ended, as a relief force broke through the Boers at Spion Kop. There were extraordinary scenes of jubilation in Britain, followed by much larger celebrations after the Siege of Mafeking. Four Victoria Crosses awarded during the siege.

1931 Having left the Labour Party, Sir Oswald Mosley formed the "New Party" which he said was dedicated to turning parliament "from a talk-shop into a workshop". The party later evolved into the British Union of Fascists.

1966 The Cavern Club, Liverpool, where the Beatles and other pop groups began, was forced into liquidation.

2001 A clean-up operation got under way after a suspected arson fire at Coventry Cathedral the previous day. Insurance experts started assessing the damage to the Cathedral's priceless artefacts, including this famous tapestry 'Christ the King', by Graham Sutherland.
 
1749
The 1st editon of Henry Fielding's novel'Tom Jones' is published
1827
the 1st commercial U.S railroad, Baltimore&Ohio{B&0} is chartered
1953
Two Cambridge scientists, James D. Watson &Francis Crick discover chemical structure of DNA molecule that carries genes of every plant&animal species
1983
TV Show 'M*A*S*H 2 hr series finale' Goodbye, Farewell,and Amen' directed by Alan Alda who played 'Hawkeye Pierce" had record 106 million viewers tune in
1995
Denver International Airport opens,its the largest in the U.S. Its 1 1/2times bigger than Manhattan.The 3rd largest U.S. airport that has 6 runways
 
Feb 28th Birthdays:
1903
Vincent Minnelli- movie director ,'An American in Paris, Gigi
1906
Benjamin' Bugsy Seigel- gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas
1915
Zero Mostel- comedian/actor 'Fiddler on The Roof, The Producers
1923
Charles Durning-character actor 'The Sting, Tootsie'
1931
Gavin Macleod- best known TV roles 'Murray' on Mary Tyler Moore Show, 'Capt Stubing on 'The Love Boat'
1957
Cindy Wilson vocalist with band, 'B-52's "Love Shack'
1969
Pat Monahan,singer/songwriter with band 'Train' 'Drops of Jupiter, Hey Soul Sister'
Deaths :
1959
Maxwell Anderson -dramatist 'Key Largo' 70
1967
Henry Luce- magazine publisher, 'Time, Fortune, Life' 69
2011
Jane Russell- actress, sex symbol in the 40's-50's 89
2018
Harvey Schmidt- musical composer' The Fantasticks' 88
 
This day in History March 1st

1998 Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion
James Cameron's epic account of the sinking of the Titanic had a budget of $ 200 million and grossed over $ 2 billion in the end.

1995 Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated
The company was founded in January 1994 as Jerry's guide to the World Wide Web by Jerry Yang and David Filo.

1947 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is formed
The IMF's primary goal of improving the economies of its member countries has frequently been overshadowed in the past by criticisms about the fund's alleged support of dictatorships and negative impact on the environment.

1932 Aviator Charles Lindbergh's son is kidnapped
The toddler's abduction and death was one of the most publicized crimes of the century.

1896 Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity
The French physicist made his groundbreaking discovery while trying to prove his erroneous theory that phosphorescent uranium salts absorb sunlight and reemit it as X-rays.
 
Births On This Day, March 1st 🎂

1994 Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer

1944 Roger Daltrey
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1922 Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate

1904 Glenn Miller
American trombonist, composer, bandleader

1810 Frédéric Chopin
Polish pianist, composer

Deaths On This Day, March 1st 🪦

2014 Alain Resnais
French director, cinematographer, screenwriter

1983 Arthur Koestler
Hungarian/English author, journalist

1980 Dixie Dean
English footballer

1912 George Grossmith
English actor, singer

1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi
Ferrarese pianist, composer
 

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