Today in History

1809
Robert Fulton patents commerical steamboat
1929
Vatican City,world's smallest country is made an enclave in Rome
1945
at the Yalta Conference,declaration of Europe is signed by Pres Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime mInister, Winston Churchill and, Joseph Stallin
1989
Barbara Harris becomes the 1st female Episcoplian bishop
1993
Janet Reno becomes the 1st female U. S. Attorney General
2013
Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation,1st pope since 1415 to do this
 

Feb 11th Birthdays:
1847
Thomas Edison-inventor of lightbulb,phonograph/motion picture camera
1909
Max Baer- U. S. heavyweight boxing champion' 34-'35
1917
Sidney Sheldon- novelist "Bloodline, Master Of the Game',creator of TV show' Hart To Hart'
1926
Leslie Neilsen-Canadian actor, 'Spy Hard, Naked Gun'
1939
Gerry Goffen- pop/rock lyricist 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Up On The Roof, Pleasant Valley Sunday' written with wife, singer, Carole King
1971
Damien Lewis- British actor 'Band of Brothers, Homeland, Billions'
Deaths:
1650
Rene Descartes- French philosopher, 'I Think Therefore I Am" 53
1963
Sylvia Path-poet/ novelist 'The Bell Jar' 30
1976
Lee J. Cobb -actor 'Virginian,12 Angry Men, On The Waterfront' 64
2006
Peter Benchly- novelist' Jaws' 65
2015
Bob Simon- reporter for CBS News, '60 Minutes' 73
 
This day in History February 12th

2002 The trial of Slobodan Milošević begins at The Hague
The former President of Yugoslavia and Serbia died 4 years later, before the trial's conclusion.

1994 Edvard Munch's “The Scream” is stolen
The iconic painting, one of a series of four, was recovered several months later.

1924 George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” premieres
The piece is among Gershwin's best-known compositions and one of the most popular pieces of the symphonic jazz genre.

1912 The last Emperor of China abdicates at the age of 6
Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City after a military coup in 1924. He died on October 17, 1967, aged 61.

1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is founded in the U.S.
The NAACP is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States.
 

Births On This Day, February 12th 🎂

1877 Louis Renault
French businessman co-founded Renault

1876
13th Dalai Lama

1870
Marie Lloyd English actress, singer

1809 Abraham Lincoln
American lawyer, politician, 16th President of the United States

1809 Charles Darwin
English scientist, theorist

Deaths On This Day, February 12th 🪦

2000 Charles M. Schulz
American cartoonist

2000 Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1979 Jean Renoir
French director

1804 Immanuel Kant
Russian/German philosopher

1789 Ethan Allen
American military leader
 
1879
North America's 1st artifical ice rink opens in Madison Square Garden in nYC
1924
George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' debuts at influential jazz concert held by Paul Whiteman&Orchestra at Aolin Hall in NYC
1955
The McGuire Sisters single'Sincerely' goes to #1 on music charts, stays there for 10 weeks
1981
Pete Spiers sets new record climbing 1,575 steps at the Empire State Building in 10 min
2004
former mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin found guilty of corrutption charges, sentenced to 10 yrs in prison
 
Feb 12th Birthdays:
1809
Charles Darwin- English naturalist' Origin of the Species'
1893
Omar Bradley- WWII General{Invasion of Normandy} 1st Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff
1914
George' Tex' Beneke- saxophonist/voavlist with Glenn Miller Orchestra
1952
Michael McDonald- singer/ songwriter/ keyboardist with rock band Doobie Brothers
1968
Chynna Phillips- pop vocalist with girl band'Wilson Phillips 'Hold On' Her band mates Carly&Wendy Wilson. Chynna's parents Michelle&John Phillips of 'Mama&Papa's Carly&Wendy's father, Brian Wilson of 'The Beach Boys'
deaths:
1789
Ethan Allen - Us Revolutary War patriot 51
1942
Grant Wood- U. S. painter' American Gothic' 50
1971
James Cash Penney- dept store founder 'JC Penney' 95
2000
Charles Schultz- U. S. cartoonist 'Peanuts' 77
2017
Al Jarreau- jazz artist, He sang the TV show 'Moonlighting' theme song 76
 
This day in History February 13th

2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologizes to Indigenous Australians for the “stolen generations”
Between 10 and 30 percent of Aboriginal and Torres Islander children were removed from their families until the 1960s.

2004 The universe's largest known diamond is discovered
BPM 37093 is a white dwarf star about 50 light-years from Earth and was nicknamed “Lucy” after The Beatles' song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”.

2000 The last “Peanuts” comic strip is published
The 17,897th-and-last installment was published in newspapers around the world on the day following the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz.

1991 Two “smart bombs” kill at least 408 civilians in Baghdad
The Amiriyah shelter bombing was one of the worst cases of civilian killings during “Operation Desert Storm”.

1945 The German city of Dresden is destroyed by a bombing raid
According to estimates, up to 25,000 people were killed in the raids that lasted 3 days.
 
Births On This Day, February 13th 🎂

1974 Robbie Williams
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor

1950 Peter Gabriel
English singer-songwriter, producer

1946 Richard Blumenthal
American politician

1849 Lord Randolph Churchill
English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer

1835 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Indian religious leader founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community


Deaths On This Day, February 13th 🪦

2002 Waylon Jennings
American singer-songwriter, musician

1883 Richard Wagner
German composer, director

1787 Ruđer Bošković
Croatian physicist, astronomer, mathematician

1728 Cotton Mather
American minister

1662 Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
 
13th February

1542 Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, was executed for adultery.

1948 The Science Museum in London announced that it would return the Wright Brothers’ biplane, Kitty Hawk, the first to fly, to the Smithsonian Institution. It had been sent to England in 1928 by Orville Wright when he found that the Smithsonian had labelled another plane as the first capable of sustained flight.

1988 The Winter Olympics opened in Calgary, Canada. English ski-jumper and plasterer Eddie Edwards, became the surprise sensation of the Games. The fearless contestant came last, but won all the headlines and the nickname The Eagle. His life story was made into a film, Eddie the Eagle, in 2016.

2015 PC Robert Brown, who joined the Metropolitan Police in the era of 'Dixon of Dock Green', retired after 47-years service. He was the country's longest serving policeman. In recognition of his service, he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal at Buckingham Palace, one of the highest honours bestowed on police officers.
 
1795
The 1st U. S. state university opens, Univ of North Carolina
1866
outlaw, Jesse James robs his 1st bank,Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri,he stole$ 15,000
1914
American Society of Composer/ Authors/Publishers{ASCAP} is founded at Hotel Claridge in NYC
1935
Bruno Hauptman is found guilty of kidnapping Charles Lindberg's infant son
1974
Aleksandr Solzhenistan, Russian novelist/historian is deported to Frankfurt,Germany from Moscow is stripped of his Russian citizenship
2000
the last original "Peanuts' comic strip appears in newspapers the day after,cartoonist/ creator of the strip,Charles Schultz dies
 
Feb 13th Birthdays:
1885
Bess Truman, U.S. 1st Lady '45-'52
1919
'Tennessee" Ernie Ford-actor/country music singer '16 Tons'
1923
Chuck Yeager- U. S. test pilot,1st man to break the sound barrier
1942
Peter Tork- actor/ musician ' The Monkees'
1944
Stockyard Channing- actress ' Grease' TV show' The West Wing'
1950
Peter Gabriel- rock vocalist with English band, Genesis '67-'75
Deaths:
1883
Richard Wagner- German composer 'The Ring of Neblung,The Flying Dutchman' 69
1980
David Janssen-actor 'TV shows 'The Fugitive' played 'Dr Richard Kimble' , 'Harry O" 49
2014
Ralph Waite- actor 'Cool Hand Luke', TV show 'The Waltons' 85
2016
Antonin Scalia- U. S. Supreme Court Justice '86-'16 79
 
This day in History February 14th

2005 Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is assassinated
Several sources reported that the U.N. Special Tribunal for Lebanon found compelling evidence for the Lebanese militia Hezbollah's involvement.

2003 Dolly the sheep is put to death
Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult, had shown signs of premature aging and contracted various diseases.

1989 Union Carbide finally agrees to pay damages to the Indian government for the Bhopal disaster
The company had a yearly turnover of 9.5 billion USD at the time; up to 25,000 people had died in the tragedy.

1949 The Knesset, the parliament of Israel, convenes for the first time
The term “Knesset” is derived from the Hebrew name of an ancient Great Assembly: Anshei Knesset HaGedolah.

1876 The telephone is patented
Both Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray applied for a patent on that day - Bell won.
 
Births On This Day, February 14th 🎂

1951 Kevin Keegan
English footballer

1943 Maceo Parker
American saxophonist

1942 Michael Bloomberg
American businessman, politician, 108th Mayor of New York City

1894 Jack Benny
American actor, comedian

1818 Frederick Douglass
American author, activist

Deaths On This Day, February 14th 🪦

1975 P. G. Wodehouse
English author

1975 Julian Huxley
English biologist

1779 James Cook
English navy officer, explorer, cartographer

1229 Ragnvald Godredsson
Manx king

269 Saint Valentine
Roman bishop, martyr
 
14th February

1477 Margery Brews sent a letter to John Paston in Norfolk, addressed - Be my olde Valentine. It is the oldest known Valentine's Day message in the English language and was uncovered by the British Library. 💘💕

1556 Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, was declared a heretic. He was tried for treason and heresy after Mary I, a Roman Catholic, came to the throne. Although he apparently reconciled himself with the Roman Catholic Church, on the day of his execution, on 21st March 1556, he dramatically withdrew earlier statements and was thus a heretic to Roman Catholics and a martyr to others.

1922 Marconi began regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex.

2006 Chip and PIN was introduced. UK cardholders had to use their PIN (Personal Identification Number) to be sure that they could pay for goods.
 
1803
apple parer patented by Moses Coats in Dowington,PA
1876
Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray seperately apply for telephone patents. The Supreme Court decides Bell is the true inventor
1924
Thomas J. Watson renames Computing/Tabulating/Recording Company to International Business Machines{IBM}
1984
British ice dancers, Christopher Dean&Jayne Torvil famously skate to Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero' in the free dance at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics. They score a record 9/9 for artistic impression
2019
Over widespread opposition Amazon decides not to build a corporate campus In Queens, NY
 
Feb 14 Birthdays:
1859
George Washington Ferris- inventor of the Ferris wheel
1894
Jack Benny-comedian
1921
Hugh Downs- U. S. journalist ,TV news magazine '20/20' game show host of 'Concentration'
1942
Michael Bloomberg- U. S. philanthropist,CEO of Bloomberg LP
1959
Rene Flemming- U. S. soprano opera singer
1992
Freddie Highmore- British actor 'Charlie&The Chocolate Factory, TV show 'The Good Doctor'
Deaths:
1975
P.G. Wodehouse- British writer of "Bertie Wooster' novels 93
1988
Frederick Lowe- Broadway composer- "Camelot,My Fair Lady" 86
2003
'Dolly' The Sheep- 1st mammal to be cloned from adult cell 6
2011
George Shearing- blind pianist 91
2015
Louis Jourdan- French actor 93
 
This day in History February 15th

2003 The largest peace demonstration in history takes place
Up to 30 million people in 600 cities around the world protested against the Iraq War.

2001 The first draft of the human genome is published
The human genome contains the complete human genetic information.

1989 The Soviet Union pulls out of Afghanistan
Despite their military superiority, the Soviet and Afghan armies did not succeed in breaking the Mujahideen insurgents' resistance.

1971 The United Kingdom and Ireland decimalize their currencies
Before the change, the pound sterling was made up of 240 pence, or 20 shillings.

1965 Canada adopts its current national flag showing a maple leaf
The leaf symbolizes the country's forests, the middle white stripe the arctic snow, and the red stripes the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
 
Births On This Day, February 15th 🎂

1954 Matt Groening
American animator, screenwriter, producer

1934 Graham Kennedy
Australian actor

1874 Ernest Shackleton
Irish explorer

1710 Louis XV of France

1564 Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer, physicist

Deaths On This Day, February 15th 🪦

2005 Samuel T. Francis
American journalist

1988 Richard Feynman
American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1965 Nat King Cole
American singer, pianist, television host

1928 H. H. Asquith
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1781 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German author, philosopher
 
1867
Johann Strauss's 'Blue Danube' waltz debuts in Vienna
1903
the 1st 'teddy bear' introduced in America made by Morris&Rose Michton
1964
Beatles album,'Meet The Beatles" goes to #1 on music charts,stays there for 11 weeks
2005
Youtube ,internet site where videos can be shared&viewed by others is launched in U.S.
 
Feb 15th Birthdays:
1564
Galielo Galieli- Italian astronomer
1812
Charles Lewis Tiffany- U.S. jeweler&founder of Tiffany &Co
1820
Susan B. Anthony- social reformer/women's suffrage movement leader
1905
Harold Arlen- U.S. composer- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow;', Its Only a Paper Moon,Stormy Weather'
1927
Harvey Korman- comedic actor,'The Carol Burnett Show', "Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety'{Mel Brooks comedies}
1951
Melissa Manchester- pop singer' Don't Cry Out Loud,Midnight Blue'
Deaths:
1965
Nat King Cole- singer,'Unforgetable, Mona Lisa' 49
1973
Wally Cox- comedian/actor' Mr Peepers", Hollywood Squares' 48
1996
McLean Stevenson- actor TV show 'M*A*S*H played' Col Blake' 66
2007
Ray Evans- lyricist 'To Each His Own,Mona Lisa, Silver Bells, Mister Ed" 92
 
This day in History February 16th

2005 The Kyoto Protocol goes into effect
The global warming pact was ratified by 191 countries to date - excluding the United States.

1987 The first trial against John Demjanjuk begins in Jerusalem
Demjanjuk was falsely accused of being a particularly brutal Nazi guard dubbed “Ivan the Terrible”; in a separate trial in 2011, he was convicted by a German criminal court as an accessory to the murder of 27,900 people.

1985 Hezbollah is founded
The Lebanese political party and the militant group is classified as terrorist organization by several western countries.

1959 Fidel Castro becomes Cuba's Prime Minister
Castro's rise to power came shortly after his “26th of July Movement” had overthrown dictator Fulgencio Batista in what became known as the Cuban Revolution.

1923 The burial chamber of Pharoh Tutankhamun is opened
Howard Carter's discovery is one of archeology's best known, especially due to the myth of the “Curse of Tutankhamun” that was sparked by the death of Lord Carnarvon who was one of the first to enter the chamber.
 
Births On This Day, February 16th 🎂

1979 Valentino Rossi
Italian motorcycle racer

1954 Iain Banks
Scottish author

1941 Kim Jong-il
North Korean politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea

1898 Katharine Cornell
American actress, producer

1831 Nikolai Leskov
Russian author, playwright, journalist

Deaths On This Day, February 16th 🪦

2013 Tony Sheridan
English singer-songwriter, guitarist

2002 Walter Winterbottom
England football manager

1984 M. A. G. Osmany
Bangladeshi general

1957 Josef Hofmann
Polish/American pianist, composer

1932 Edgar Speyer
American/English financier, philanthropist
 
1840
U.S. Naval officer/explorer,Charles Wikes discovers Shackelton Ice Shelf in Antarctica
1857
Gallaudet College- National College for deaf students forms in Washington,DC
1883
magazine, Ladies Home Journal' begins publishing in U.S.
1959
Fidel Castro becomes Cuba's 16th President after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista
1999
OJ Simpson's 1968 Heisman Trophy is sold for $230,000 to help settle the $33.5 million civil judgment against him in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nichole Brown Simpson,her friend Ron Goldman
2006
The last Mobile Army Surgical Hosptial{MASH} is decommissioned by U. S. Army
 
Feb 16th Birthdays
1903
Edgar Bergen- U. S. ventriloquist 'Charlie McCarthy',his daughter is actress, Candace Bergen
1920
Anna Mae Hayes- 1st U.S. female military general
1926
John Schlesinger- director' Midnight Cowboy, Darling'
1951
William Katt- actor 'TV Show' Greatest American Hero'
1957
LaVar Burton-actor mini series "Roots, TV show'Star Trek Next Generation'
Deaths:
1986
Howard DeSilva- Broadway/movie actor '1776, The Lost Weekend' 76
1990
Keith Haring- U.S. graffi artist 31
2012
Gary Carter- Baseball Hall of Fame Catcher- Montreal Expos, NYMets 57
2015
Lesley Gore- singer/songwriter "Its My Party,You Don't Own Me' 68
 
This day in History February 17th

2008 Kosovo declares its independence
The region's secession from Serbia followed an armed conflict referred to as the Kosovo War.

1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is jailed for life
Dahmer was convicted of murdering and dismembering at least 17 young men and boys.

1913 The “Armory Show” opens in New York
The art exhibition featured works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh and marked the advent of artistic modernism in the United States.

1904 “Madama Butterfly” is premiered
Giacomo Puccini's opera, one of the world's most performed works of musical theater, was poorly received in its first performance.

1863 A precursor of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is founded
The “Committee for Relief to the Wounded” was created by a group of citizens in Geneva, Switzerland.
 

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