Today in History

Feb 1st Birthdays:
1895
JOhn Ford- film director'Stagecoach, Quiet Man
1918
Muriel Spark- Scottish author,'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, movie version released in '69 starring Maggie Smith
1954
Bill Mumy- actor best known TV role' Will Robinson' in CBS sci-fi series' Lost In Space'
1966
Princess Stephanie of Monaco,Grace Kelly's youngest child
Deaths:
1851
Mary Shelley- author'Frankenstein' 53{brain tumor}
1949
Herbert Stothart- film composer 'Wizard of Oz, Mutiny on the Bounty, A Night at the Opera 63
2013
Ed Koch- mayor of NYC 1977-1989 88
 

On This Day In History, February 2nd

1990 The South African Apartheid system of racial segregation begins to disintegrate
President de Klerk announced the unbanning of the African Nations Congress (ANC) and his intentions to release Nelson Mandela.

1943 The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end as the Axis Powers surrender
Germany's defeat marked a turning point in World War II.

1925 20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race
The Iditarod is the world's longest and most challenging dog sled race.

1922 “Ulysses” by James Joyce is published
The novel is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature.

1852 The first public flushing toilet is opened in London
Using the “Public Waiting Room” at 95 Fleet Street cost 2 pence.
 

Births On This Day, February 2nd 🎂

1977 Shakira
Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, actress

1963 Eva Cassidy
American singer, guitarist

1926 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
French politician, 20th President of France

1905 Ayn Rand
Russian/American author, philosopher

1882 James Joyce
Irish author

Deaths On This Day, February 2nd 🪦

1996 Gene Kelly
American dancer, actor

1979 Sid Vicious
English singer, bass player

1972 Natalie Clifford Barney
American poet, playwright

1970 Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
English mathematician, historian, philosopher, and Nobel Prize laureate

1945 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician
 

1851
New Amsterdam becomes a city, name later changed to New York
1887
1st Groundhog Day was observed at Gobbler's Knob in Puxsutawney,Penn
1940
Frank Sinatra performs for the 1st time as featured singer with Tommy Dorsey Orchestra at Lyric Theatre in Indianapolis, Ind
1964
G I Joe debuts as popular U.S. boy's toy
1993
Vaclav Havel becomes 1st Pres of independent Czech republic after its split with Slovkia
2019
more than 40 mummies from 323-30 BC were found at archaeological site south of Cairo,Egypt
 
Feb 2nd Birthdays:
1895
George Halas- 1st owner/ coach of NFL Chicago Bears
1905
Ayn Rand- novelist' Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead
1927
Stan Getz- big band/jazz&bossa nova saxophonist
1942
Graham Nash- British singer/ songwriter with 'The Hollies' Bus Stop, with Crosby,Stills, Nash &Young' Our House'
Deaths:
1969
Boris Karloff- British actor The Mummy, Frankenstein 81
1987
Alistair Maclean- author' The Guns of Navarone' 64
1992
Bert Parks- original TV host of' Miss America' pageant 77
1995
Fred Perry- British tennis player won 8 grand Slam titles, 6 Doubles titles 85{ broken ribs}
2008
Barry Morse- Candian actor, best known TV role' Lt Philip Gerard' in ABC drama' The Fugitive' 89
2014
Phillip Seymour Hoffman- actor Twister, Capote, Moneyball 46{ drug overdose}
 
On This Day In History, February 3rd

1998 20 people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster
The wings of a low-flying U.S. military aircraft cut the aerial tramway's cables, causing the cabin to plunge 80 meters.

1989 Paraguay's dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, is overthrown
Stroessner had come to power in 1954 with a military coup.

1972 The deadliest snowstorm in history kills 4000
The Iran Blizzard lasted a week and left whole villages without survivors.

1969 Yasser Arafat becomes the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Even after his death in 2011, Arafat remained a highly controversial figure, with many Arabs praising him as a freedom fighter while many Israelis denounced him as a terrorist.

1966 Luna 9 touches down on the Moon
The unmanned Soviet spacecraft was the first to achieve a soft landing there.
 
Births On This Day, February 3rd 🎂

1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson
American singer, guitarist

1927 Kenneth Anger
American actor, director, author

1874 Gertrude Stein
American poet, art collector

1830 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1809 Felix Mendelssohn
German pianist, composer, conductor

Deaths On This Day, February 3rd 🪦

1985 Frank Oppenheimer
American physicist

1961 Anna May Wong
American actress

1924 Woodrow Wilson
American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1820 Gia Long
Vietnamese Emperor

1468 Johannes Gutenberg
German publisher invented the Printing press
 
1815
the world's largest cheese factory is established in Sachseln, Switzerland
1913
16th Amendment of U.S. Constitution is ratified, federal income tax
1959
plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa kills musicians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, JP Richardson{aka Big Bopper} known as 'The Day the Music Died'
1993
The federal trial of 4 Los Angeles police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of motorist, Rodney King begins in Los Angeles. All were fired from their jobs, 2 of the officers were found guilty Stacey Koon&Laurence Powell went to prison for 2 1/2 yrs
 
Feb 3rd Birthdays:
1808
Felix Mendelsson- German composer
1894
Norman Rockwell- U.S. artist/ illustrator of Saturday Evening Post magazine covers
1914
George Nessen- inventor of trampoline
1945
Bob Greise- retired NFL quarterback with Miami Dolphins/sportscaster
1957
Michele Green -actress best known TV role' Abby Perkins' on NBC legal drama' LA Law
1978
Amal Clooney- Lebanese born/British human rights atty,wife of actor George Clooney
Deaths:
1468
Johannes Gutenberg- German inventor of movable printing press
1991
Nancy Kulp- actress best known TV role' Jane Hathaway' on CBS sitcom' The Beverly Hillibillies' 69
 
On This Day In History, February 4th

2004 Facebook is founded
The social networking service currently has over 1 billion active users.

1948 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) proclaims independence within the British Commonwealth
Since the 16th century, the island had been colonized by Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.

1861 The Confederate States of America are established
6 slave states met in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederacy, which lasted only until 1865.

1859 German archeologist Constantin von Tischendorf discovers the Codex Sinaiticus
The “Sinai Bible”, a handwritten copy of the Greek Bible, is considered a great historical treasure.

1789 George Washington is elected as the first President of the United States
Washington took office on April 30, 1789.
 
Births On This Day, February 4th 🎂

1948 Alice Cooper
American singer-songwriter, actor

1913 Rosa Parks
American activist

1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German pastor, theologian

1902 Charles Lindbergh
American pilot, activist

1746 Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish/American general

Deaths On This Day, February 4th 🪦

2006 Betty Friedan
American author, activist

2001 Iannis Xenakis
Greek/French composer, engineer, theorist

1987 Liberace
American singer, pianist, actor

1987 Meena Keshwar Kamal
Afghan activist founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

1894 Adolphe Sax
Belgian musician invented the saxophone
 
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Births On This Day, February 3rd 🎂

1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson
American singer, guitarist

1927 Kenneth Anger
American actor, director, author

1874 Gertrude Stein
American poet, art collector

1830 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1809 Felix Mendelssohn
German pianist, composer, conductor

Deaths On This Day, February 3rd 🪦

1985 Frank Oppenheimer
American physicist

1961 Anna May Wong
American actress

1924 Woodrow Wilson
American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1820 Gia Long
Vietnamese Emperor

1468 Johannes Gutenberg
German publisher invented the Printing press
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1959 Buddy Holly
Ritchie Valens
JP Richardson Jr. (Big Bopper)
Roger Peterson (pilot)
 
Feb 4th:
1932
The 3rd Winter Olympics was held in Lake Placid, NY,would host again in 1980
1945
Pres Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill,Joseph Stalin meet at Yalata for conference to discuss final phase of WWII
1971
NASDAQ{ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations} Stock Market is founded in NYC,2nd largest in the world
1991
Pete Rose is banned from joining Baseball Hall of Fame due to his betting on games when he was a player/manager
 
Feb 4th Birthdays:
1895 Nigel Bruce- British actor 'Rebecca,Suspicion,Sherlock Holmes
1906
Dietrich Bohoeffer- German pastor/ theologian,anti-Nazi dissent
1948
Alice Cooper- rock singer/songwriter' School's Out, Welcome to My Nightmare
1961
Denis Savard- Candian NHL hockey center with Chicago Blackhawks
Deaths:
1966
Gilbert H Grosvenor- U.S. geographer/1st full time editor of National Geographic Society{1899-1954} 90
1983
Karen Carpenter- drummer/ singer with her brother Richard'The Carpenters' soft rock music of '70's Close to You,We've Only Just Begun, Top of The World,Rainy Days&Mondays' 32{ anorexia nervosa}
2018
John Mahoney- actor best known TV role 'Martin Crane' on NBC sitcom'Frasier' 77{ throat cancer}
 
On This Day In History, February 5th

1924 The Greenwich Time Signal is broadcast for the first time
The “BBC pips” are 5 short and 1 long tones that are broadcast by many BBC radio stations to mark the precise start of the hour.

1919 United Artists is founded
Charlie Chaplin was one of the film studio's founders.

1909 The world's first synthetic plastic is developed
Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite at a meeting of the American Chemical Society that day.

1869 The biggest gold nugget in history is found
The “Welcome Stranger” was found at Moliagul in Australia and had a calculated refined weight of 71.081 kg.

1852 The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg opens to the public
It is one of the world's largest and oldest museums and was originally founded in 1764.
 
Births On This Day, February 5th 🎂

1985 Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer

1969 Michael Sheen
Welsh actor

1900 Adlai Stevenson
American politician, 31st Governor of Illinois

1878 André Citroën
French engineer, and businessman, founded Citroën

1840 John Boyd Dunlop
Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber

Deaths On This Day, February 5th 🪦

2010 Harry Schwarz
German/South African lawyer, politician, diplomat, 13th South African Ambassador to the United States

2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Indian guru

1993 Joseph L. Mankiewicz
American director, screenwriter, producer

1938 Hans Litten
German jurist

1881 Thomas Carlyle
Scottish historian
 
1919
Hollywood film studio' United Artists' was founded by actors Charlie Chaplin,Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Astor director D.W. Griffith
1945
WWII U.S. troops lead by Gen Douglas MacArthur enter Manila, Phillipines. A month long battle ensues Japan's 3 yr military occupation ends
2014
Susan Wojciki, Google VP is named CEO of You tube
 
Feb 5th Birthdays:
1878
Andre Citoen- French automobile pioneer
1919
Red Buttons{ real name Aaron Chwatt} comedian/actor Stagecoach, Sayonara{best supp actor Oscar},They Shoot Horses Don't They?, The Poseidon Adventure
1934
Don Cherry- retired Canadian NHL hockey coach {Boston Bruins '74-'79} hockey sports commentator on CBC's Hockey Night In Canada
1941
Stephen J. Cannell- TV producer' The Rockford Files, The A Team,21 Jump Street
1964
Laura Linney-actress Mystic River, Love Actually, The Truman Show, Mr Holmes In 2009 she began introducing 'Masterpiece Classic' on PBS
Deaths:
1946
George Arliss- British actor 'Disraeli, Green Goddess 77
2020
Kirk Douglas- actor Spartacus, Gunfight at OK Corral,Town Without Pity 103
 
On This Day In History, February 6th

1996 The crash of a Boeing 757 aircraft leaves no survivors
Birgenair Flight 301 was the worst accident involving this type of aircraft.

1989 The Round Table Talks start in Poland
The negotiations between the Polish government and the trade union Solidarność, or Solidarity in English, marked the beginning of the end of communism in Eastern Europe.

1959 The first microchip is patented
For his invention of the integrated circuit, Jack Kilby was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.

1952 Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom
She succeeded her father, George VI, who died that day.

1840 New Zealand becomes a British colony
While the Treaty of Waitangi is generally celebrated as the country's founding document, many Māori claim they were deceived and unwittingly stripped of their right to govern the country.
 
Births On This Day, February 6th 🎂

1950 Natalie Cole
American singer-songwriter, actress

1945 Bob Marley
Jamaican/American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1911 Ronald Reagan
American actor, politician, 40th President of the United States

1895 Babe Ruth
American baseball player

1665 Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Deaths On This Day, February 6th 🪦

2011 Gary Moore
Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

2007 Frankie Laine
American singer-songwriter, actor

1999 Don Dunstan
Australian politician, 35th Premier of South Australia

1918 Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter, graphic artist

1804 Joseph Priestley
English chemist, minister, philosopher
 
1867
George Peabody, U.S. philanthropist/financier establishes Peabody Education Fund to provide improvements to existing schools in poor areas in the South
1935
board game' Monopoly' goes on sale for 1st time
1965
Righeteous Brothers single' You've Lost That Lovin Feelin' hits #1 on music charts. At the time it was considered to be too long{4 min} to be played on Top 40,but was played alot
1987
NO SMOKING rules went into efffect at all U.S. federal buildings
2019
Quadruga Canada's biggest crytocurrency exchange couldn't get to its $145 million bitcoins because the CEO died with the access passwords
 
Feb 6th Birthdays:
1913
Mary Leakey- British paleoanthropoligist who discovered earliest human foot prints{3.6 mill yrs old}
1940
Tom Brokaw- retired NBC journalist/ NBC Nightly News anchor from 1982-2004/author wrote best selling book'The Greatest Generation'
1956
Jon Walmsly- actor best known TV role' Jason' on CBS drama' The Waltons'
1966
Rick Astley- British singer/songwriter' Never Gonna Give You Up'
Deaths:
1976
Vince Gitarldi- jazz pianist/composer 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' /Peanuts TV specials 47{heart attack}
1993
Arthur Ashe- retired tennis player won U.S. Open'68, Australian Open'70 49
1998
Carl Wilson- singer/ guitarist with Beach Boys 51{lung cancer}
 
On This Day In History, February 7th

2009 The Black Saturday bushfires in Australia kill 173 people
The fires were the worst natural disaster in Australian history.

2005 Ellen MacArthur breaks the speed record for sailing solo around the world
The journey took her 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds.

1992 The European Union is established as the Maastricht Treaty is signed
The treaty also defined a single European currency: the Euro.

1986 Haiti's president, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, flees the country, ending 28 years of family rule
On the same day 5 years later, the first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was sworn in.

1984 NASA astronauts take the first untethered spacewalk
The photographs of Bruce McCandless and Robert L. Stewart hovering freely in space became some of the most iconic images of the 1980s.
 

Births On This Day, February 7th 🎂

1978 Ashton Kutcher
American model, actor, producer

1962 Eddie Izzard
Yemeni/English actor, comedian

1962 Garth Brooks
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1906 Oleg Antonov
Soviet aircraft designer founded the Antonov Aircraft Company

1812 Charles Dickens
English author

Deaths On This Day, February 7th 🪦

2015 Dean Smith
American basketball player, coach

1994 Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer, conductor

1986 Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist

1959 Nap Lajoie
American baseball player

1938 Harvey Samuel Firestone
American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire, and Rubber Company
 

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