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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of February 03:

1368 Charles VI King of France (1380-1422)
1648 Louis Bouteiller composer
1655 François Fagel Dutch field marshal, baptized
1736 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Austrian organist/composer
1740 Guillaume Lasceux composer
1755 Florido Tomeoni composer
1763 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author
1784 John Fane graaf van Westmorland English (opera)composer/diplomat
1805 Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel premier Prussia
1807 Joseph E Johnston General (Commander army of Tennessee)
1807 Joseph Eggleston Johnston General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1809 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hamburg Germany, composer (Great Scherzos)
1811 Horace Greeley editor ("Go west, young man")
1817 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent composer
1817 Samuel Ryan Curtis Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1820 Elisha Kent Kane US arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
1821 Elizabeth Blackwell Bristol England, 1st woman physician
1823 Spencer F Baird US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)
1824 George Thomas "Tige" Anderson Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1824 Nathan George "Shanks" Evans Brigadier General (Confederacy), died in 1868
1826 Walter Bagehot England, economist/sociologist
1830 Robert Cecil Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902)
1831 Cyrus Ballou Comstock Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1833 Thomas T H Jorissen Dutch historian
1842 Sidney Clopton Lanier US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame)
1845 Ernest von Wildenbruch German playwright (Sedan)
1851 Johannes B van Heutsz Lieutenant-General/Governor-General Dutch East Indies
1851 Lord Harris cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig)
1861 Léopold Courouble Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck)
1865 Martinus Ballings Flemish Jesuit/author (Will Power)
1868 Damaso Ledesma composer
1870 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara)
1873 Ernest B Allo French theologist
1874 Gertrude Stein Pennsylvania, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
1874 Franklyn Dyall Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)
1878 Joseph Gordon Coates PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
1879 Charles Follis 1st black US football player (Shelby OH)
1880 Arnoldus Aerts bishop of Netherlands-Guinea (1920-42)
1882 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma oldest person in Netherlands)
1883 Clarence Mulford Illinois, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
1883 Camille Bombois French circus wrestler/painter
1886 Erwin Kroll composer
1887 Carlo Jachino composer
1887 Georg Trakl Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)
1887 Silvio d'Amico Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
1888 Joris Baers Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
1889 Carl Theodor Dreyer Danish movie director (Leaves from Satan's Body, Passion of Jeanne d'arc)
1889 Risto Ryti Finnish premier/president
1890 Charles [Andy] Correll Peoria IL, actor (Calvin & the Colonel)
1890 Heinrich Barth Swiss philosopher (Problem des Bösen)
1891 Jan Donner Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
1891 Peter H "Paul" Huf actor/director (Great Netherlands Stage)
1894 Juan Negrín PM of the Spanish Republic (1936-39)
1894 Norman Rockwell US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1895 Nick Kenny Astoria New York NY, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
1895 Victor Raul Haya de la Torre politician (found APRA party in Peru)
1895 Izak Buys cricketer (one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 & 4, 0-52)
1896 Johannes Urzidil writer
1898 Alvar Aalto Finland, architect (Finlandia House)
1898 Paul Urysohn Russian mathematician
1899 Forrest "Red" DeBernardi basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
1899 Doris Speed actress (Annie-Coronation Street)
19-- Brenda Dickson-Weinberg Long Beach CA, actress (Young & Restless, Deathmaster, Taxi Driver)
19-- Joel Bartlett KPIX (Channel 5) weatherman
19-- Mariclare Costello actress (Rosemary-Waltons)
1900 Mabel Mercer English cabaret singer (Fly Me to the Moon)
1902 Ramón [J] Sender [Garcés], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre)
1903 Priaulx Rainier composer
1903 Walter Linck Swiss sculptor
1904 Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd FBI Most Wanted criminal
1904 Luigi Dallapiccola Pisino Istria, Italian composer
1904 Roger Makins diplomat
1906 Ludvig Nielsen composer
1907 James A Michener New York NY, writer (Tales of the South Pacific, Centennial, Chesapeake, Hawaii, Space)
1908 Oddbjörn Hagen Norway, cross country jumper (Olympics-gold-1936)
1909 Simone Weil Paris, mystic/social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WWII)
1909 M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans] poet (Phoenix)
1910 Nelson Case Long Beach CA, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
1910 Blas Galindo Dimas San Gabriel México, composer (A la Patria)
1911 Jehan [Ariste] Alain French organist/composer
1911 Jesse Thomas blues singer
1912 Jacques Soustelle French minister of information
1914 Cornelis "Kees" Andréa Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer
1914 Felix Kelly artist
1915 Jann Willem Holsbergen author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold)
1915 Richard Bales composer
1916 Vivien Signy nurse
1918 Helen Stephens US, 100 meter dash (Olympics-gold-1936)
1918 Joey Bishop [Gottlieb], Bronx, comedian/talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1920 Bibi Osterwald New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
1920 Dr Henry Heimlich doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
1920 Stan Ockers Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
1922 Jean-Pierre Rampal flutist (Italian Flute Concertos)
1922 Bill Chappell Jr (Representative-D-FL, 1969- )
1925 John Fiedler Platville WI, actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart)
1925 Joop C Swart Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo)
1926 Arthur Arfons auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD)
1926 Shelley Berman Chicago IL, actor/comedian (Son of the Blob, Love American Style)
1926 Glen Tetley US choreographer
1926 J Roy Rowland (Representative-D-GA, 1983- )
1928 C V Gadkari cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
1929 Russell Arms Berkeley CA, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1929 Val Doonican Irish singer/entertainer
1930 Joan Rice actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up)
1931 Göran J S Palm Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Besök)
1932 Peggy Ann Garner Canton OH, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon)
1932 J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith cricketer (South Africa batsman vs England 1960)
1932 Maria Itkina USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
1933 Paul S Sarbanes (Senator-D-MD, 1977- )
1934 Jeremy Kemp Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
1935 Johnny "Guitar" Watson rock guitarist
1936 Robert Simpson Australian cricket player/manager (great Australian batsman/captain/coach/slip)
1938 Victor Buono San Diego CA, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables)
1938 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny Russia, cosmonaut
1939 Deszö Nowak Hungary, soccer play (Olympics-gold-1964, 68)
1939 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky Russian cosmonaut
1940 Jim Hartz newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations)
1940 Fran Tarkenton Richmond VA, NFL quarterback (New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings)
1941 Bridget Hanley Seattle WA, actress (Here Come the Brides)
1941 Angelo D'Aleo Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1941 Carol Mann Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1941 Chuck Tharp rock vocalist (Fireballs)
1941 Gary Bartlett cricket pace bowler (New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
1943 Blythe Danner Philadelphia PA, actress (Butterflies are Free)
1943 Dennis Edwards rocker (Temptations-Ain't Too Proud To Beg, My Girl)
1943 Eric Haydock bassist (Hollies-He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother)
1944 Trisha Noble Sydney New South Wales Australia, actress (Deadline, Strike Force, Executive Suite)
1945 Bob Griese NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
1945 Johnny Cymbal rocker (Mr Bass Man)
1945 Willeke Alberti [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth)
1947 Joe Coleman baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
1947 Melanie [Safka], Astoria, singer/songwriter (Candles in the Rain)
1947 Chose Alberts [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
1947 Dave Davies London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
1947 Koos Alberts [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come)
1947 Paul Auster US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke)
1947 Stephen McHattie Antigonish Nova Scotia, actor (Call Me, Death Valley)
1949 Oscar Benton Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij)
1950 Lizzie Borden director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
1950 Michael Dickinson British reorganizer
1950 Morgan Fairchild [Patsy McClenny], Dallas TX, actress (Falcon Crest, Flamingo Road)
1951 Felipe Munoz México, 200 meter backstroke swimmer (Olympics-gold-1968)
1952 Fred Lynn Chicago IL, baseball outfielder (Boston, California, Baltimore)
1952 Jack Fields (Representative-R-TX, 1981- )
1956 Pamela Cossey England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
1956 Nathan Lane Jersey City NJ, actor (Birdcage, Timon-Lion King, Mouse Hunt, One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie)
1957 Tony Butler rocker (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 Lee Crystal rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1958 Joe Frank Edwards Jr Richmond VA, Commander USN/astronaut (STS 89)
1959 Loi Tolhurst rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 Molly Killingbeck Jamaica, 4X400 meter relayer (Olympics-silver-1984)
1959 Thomas Calabro Brooklyn NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
1960 B J Jefferson Dallas TX, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World)
1960 Richard Kotzen rocker
1961 Keith Gordon New York NY, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean)
1962 Michele Greene Las Vegas NV, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law)
1962 Joe Handle US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 Dorcas Wonsavage Madison WI, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1965 Kathleen Kimont Los Angeles CA, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade)
1965 Maura Tierney Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio)
1966 Freedom Williams
1966 Danny Morrison cricket pace bowler (New Zealand since 1987)
1966 Gillian Bonner Athens GA, playmate (April 1996)
1966 Sean Patrick Wade Houston TX, New Zealand marathoner (Olympics-96)
1967 Aurelio Vidmar soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord)
1967 Jason Morris Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1967 Natalie Hunter Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1968 Frantisek Kucera Prague Czechoslovakia, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks, Olympics-gold-98)
1968 Leroy Thompson NFL running back (Kansas City Chiefs)
1968 Mark Koevermans Netherlands, tennis star
1968 Vlade Divac Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers)
1969 Casey Weldon NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1969 Jeff Christy NFL center (Minnesota Vikings)
1969 Robert Pack NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks)
1969 Terry Bradshaw US baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 Alonza Barnett WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 Eric Curry NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1970 Jason Muzzatti Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1970 Keith Carney Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US)
1971 Eric Owens Danville VA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1971 Marcus Buckley NFL linebacker (New York Giants)
1971 Roman Cechmanek NHL goaltender (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998)
1971 Sean Dawkins NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 Jermaine Smith NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Keith Elias NFL running back (New York Giants)
1972 Tyrone Poole NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1973 Jim Campbell Worcester, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 Kyle Richardson WLAF punter (Rhein Fire)
1976 Dwayne Rudd linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1976 Karen Bradley Miss Rhode Island-USA (1996)
1977 Maitland Ward Torrance CA, actress (Jessica-Bold & Beautiful)
1984 ? Long Beach CA, 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant
1990 Cody Newton Gifford son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford
1994 Tallulah Belle Willis 3rd daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore


Deaths which occurred on February 03:

0474 Leo I Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
0865 Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies
1399 John of Gaunt duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & León, dies at 58
1451 Murad II sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
1468 Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg printer, dies
1536 García de Resende Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
1558 Alfonsus de Castro Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
1602 Paul Melissus [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
1679 Jan Havicksz Steen Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
1697 Sjoucke Gabbes Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
1715 Gottfried Vopelius composer, dies at 70
1748 Henri Madin composer, dies at 49
1803 Pedro R de Campomanes Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
1814 Johann Antonin Kozeluch composer, dies at 75
1832 George Crabbe English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
1846 Joseph Weigl Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79
1853 August Kopisch German writer (Mäuseturm), dies at 53
1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
1875 Everhardus J Potgieter writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
1876 Gino Capponi Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
1882 Guglielmo Quarenghi composer, dies at 55
1889 Belle Starr US female gangster, murdered at 40
1890 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
1900 Ottokar Eugen Novacek composer, dies at 33
1902 Isaac Fransen van der Putten Dutch PM (1866), dies
1903 Frederick E Kitziger composer, dies at 59
1909 Johann Georg Herzog composer, dies at 86
1921 Max Wilhelm Zach composer, dies at 56
1922 Christiaan R de Wet South African Boer General, dies at 67
1924 Woodrow Wilson 28th President (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at 67
1925 Jaap Eden Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1931 Hans Schardt Swiss geologist, dies at 72
1938 Armando Palacio Valdés Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
1943 Alexander Goode rabbi who surrendered his life jacket, drowns
1945 Jose Rolon composer, dies at 61
1945 Roland Freisler German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
1947 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher US Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58), dies at 60
1950 Karl Seitz President of Austria, dies at 80
1958 Henry Kuttner sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
1958 Johannes F Buziau Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 81
1959 The Big Bopper [Jiles Perry Richardson] rocker (Chantilly Lace), dies in a planein Iowa crash at 28
1959 Buddy Holly rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crashi Iowa at 22
1959 Richie Valens rock vocalist (Donna, La Bamba), killed in plane crash in Iowa at 17
1960 Johannes G Geelkerken Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80
1961 Anna May Wong actress (Gallery of Madame Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
1961 Viscount Dunrossil Governor-General of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67
1962 Werner Bock writer, dies
1966 June Walker actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 Joe Meek rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1967 Winifred Kingston silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72
1969 Eduardo C Mondlane President of Mozambique, murdered
1971 Jay C Flippen actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72
1972 John Litel actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
1973 Edward Lockspeiser composer, dies at 67
1975 John Secondari newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
1975 Robert Evett composer, dies at 52
1976 Neville Lindsay cricketer (South Africa batsman in Test vs Australia 1921), dies
1977 Pauline Starke actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76
1979 Jody Gilbert actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
1984 Anne Townsend lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
1984 Ravindara Mhatrem Indian diplomat, killed in England
1989 John Cassavetes actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1991 Nancy Kulp actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1993 Karel Goeyvaerts Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69
1995 John Pinsent classical scholar, dies at 72
1995 Turner Fodrell blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1996 Audrey Meadows actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69
1996 Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane Photographer, dies at 83
1996 Edward Adamson art therapist/collector, dies at 84
1996 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman property Developer, dies at 81
1996 Tibor Reich textile designer, dies at 79
1996 Wild Jimmy Spruill blues guitarist, dies at 61
1997 Anthony Cuthbert Baines writer/curator, dies at 84
1997 Bohumil Hrabal writer, dies at 82
1997 William Geoffrey Biddle bomb disposal expert, dies at 79
1998 Karla Faye Tucker murderer, executed at 38

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

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 1966    BROWN            WILBUR R.         WILMINGTON            NC     NO RADIO CONTACT CRASH SITE UNCONFIRMED  
1966 CARTER JAMES L. PASADENA CA NO RADIO CONTACT CRASH SITE UNCONF
1966 COFFEE GERALD L. (JERRY) LOS ANGELES CA 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 HANSON ROBERT T. TOLEDO OH PROB RECOVERED BY NVN BOAT REMAINS RETURNED-IDENTIFIED 02/22/89
1966 PARSLEY EDWARD M. NAUGATUCK WV NO RADIO CONTACT CRASH SITE UNCONF
1966 WALLER THERMAN M. WYNNE AR NO RADIO CONTACT CRASH SITE UNCONF
1967 JOHNSON AUGUST D. HOUSTON TX BLOWN UP BY GRENADE IN BOAT
1968 ANDERSON JOHN T. NIAGARA FALLS NY 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG DECEASED
1968 CAYER MARC CANADA INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE RELEASED 13 FEB 1973 ALIVE 99
1968 DEERING JOHN A. NASHVILLE TN 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 DI BERNARDO JAMES V. FULTON NY 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 1998
1968 DIERLING EDWARD A. 02/23/68 ESCAPED
1968 DAVES GARY L. 03/16/73 RELEASED BY PRG
1968 ETTMUELLER HARRY L. PLEASANTVILLE NJ 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE AND WELL 99
1968 GOUIN DONAT J. FORT KNOX KY 03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1968 HAYHURST ROBERT A. NEW RICHMOND WI 02/23/68 ESCAPED
1968 JOHNS VERNON Z. BALTIMORE MD LAST SEEN WITH APC 50C MGUN REMAINS RETURNED 890400 ID 910417
1968 WIGGINS WALLACE LUTTRELL WHITTIER CA 08/24/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI
1968 WILSON MARION E. ZANESVILLE OH "HIT LAND MINE, SEEN BURNING IN CAB"
1971 GOTNER NORBERT A. KANSAS CITY KS 03/29/73 RELEASED BY PL ALIVE IN 98
1971 STANDERWICK ROBERT L. SR. MANKATO KS
1973 STRINGHAM WILLIAM STERLIN GARDEN GROVE CA

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1377 Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
1377 Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1488 Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1547 Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1576 Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
1591 German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
1653 Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
1660 General Moncks army reaches London
1690 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Massachusetts)
1740 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
1743 Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1752 Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
1781 Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by the British
1783 Spain recognizes US independence
1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1815 World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1823 The opera "Semiramide" is produced (Venice)
1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods
1836 Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
1844 Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain" premieres in Paris
1855 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
1860 Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
1864 Sherman's march through Georgia
1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse
1867 Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1869 Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in New York NY (Romeo & Juliet)
1870 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1887 To avoid disputed national elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
1892 Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
1894 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME
1895 Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 meter (46.8 seconds)
1899 -16º F (-27º C), Minden LA (state record)
1900 Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Baltimore
1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra
1903 Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
1908 Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1913 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
1913 Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl" premieres in New York NY
1915 Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal
1916 Canada's original Parliament building, in Ottawa, burns down
1916 Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
1917 US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed
1918 Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service
1919 Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady" premieres in New York NY
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919 Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
1927 Uprising against regime of General Carmona in Portugal
1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
1930 William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
1930 Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls the state the "apex of moronia"
1933 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington DC
1933 German minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts
1933 Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
1937 Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs England
1938 Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time" premieres in New York NY
1941 Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets minimum wages & maximum hours
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1943 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 Walt Disney's "The 3 Caballeros" released
1945 Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1947 -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record)
1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1948 Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US
1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
1951 Dick Button win US skating title for 6th time
1951 "Victor Borge Show" debuts on NBC TV
1951 Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951 Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo" premieres in New York NY
1953 J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
1954 Jeen van den Berg win Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
1956 Autherine J Lucy admitted to University of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1956 Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympics skier to sweep the 3 alpine events
1957 Patty Berg win LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1959 American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65
1961 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1962 John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1963 Mickey Wright win LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1964 Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1965 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1965 Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down
1965 Geraldine McCullough win Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
1966 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched (US)
1966 1st soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 performances
1969 The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Springs CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 11th Winter Olympics games opens in Sapporo Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
1974 Sandra Palmer win LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1976 26th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1977 Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1978 Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1979 Minnesota Twin trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1980 30th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Australia beats New Zealand 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1982 Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
1982 John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1982 Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1983 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1984 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1984 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA
1985 "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1985 Joanne Carner win LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 President Reagan announces formation of Committee on Challenger Accident
1987 Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twin for Neal Heaton
1987 San Diego Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs Pakistan, washed out
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse races
1990 New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1991 Meg Mallon win Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 23-21
1992 Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in the war on drugs"
1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1992 Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1993 Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in Los Angeles CA
1993 General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
1994 "Les Miserables" opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994 Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1995 STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM
1998 Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
1998 Florida Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her baby
1998 New York Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20





Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

China : Chinese New Year-The Year of the Hare/Rabbit (2011/4709)
Japan : Bean throwing Festival/Setsubun (last day of lunar calendar winter)
Paraguay : Patron's Day/San Blas, patrón
Puerto Rico : Fiesta de San Blas, protector of harvest (316)
US : 4 Chaplains Memorial Day
Switzerland : Homstrom-celebrates end of winter - - - - - ( Sunday )

Religious Observances

Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Blase, bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, martyr (opt)
Christian : Feast of St Laurentius, 2nd archbishop of Canterbury (604-619)
Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran : Memorial of Anskar, Hamburg archbishop, Denmark/Sweden

Religious History

1518 Pope Leo X imposed silence on the Augustinian monks.
1744 Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd explained in a tract: 'God designs that those whom He sanctifies...shall tarry awhile in this present evil world, that their own experience of temptations may teach them how great the deliverance is, which God has wrought for them.'
1864 In Columbus, Ohio, a fellowship of independent Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregational and United Brethren churches organized itself into a separate Protestant denomination known as the Christian Union.
1943 The Allied troopship S.S. Dorchester was torpedoed by a German sub and went down with a loss of 600 lives. As it sank, four chaplains gave up their lifejackets to shipmates, thereby also perishing in the icy waters. The bravery of Rev. Clark Poling (Dutch Reformed), Rev. George Lansing Fox (Methodist), Father John Washington (a Catholic priest) and Alexander David Goode (a Jewish rabbi) led Congress afterward to mark February 3rd as "Four Chaplains Day."
1985 In South Africa, Desmond Tutu, 53, became Johannesburg's first black Anglican bishop.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Thought for the day :

" She`s learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time trying to put into words. "

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